Will the Gowanus Ever Be Cleaned Up?

Posted on 30. Jul, 2009 by Mike Reicher in News Features

By Kieran K. Meadows and Mike Reicher

More than two decades after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency designated a section of the Hudson River a polluted Superfund site, barges finally began scooping toxic sediment from the riverbed last spring.

Miles away, residents of Brooklyn are wondering how long they might have to wait before the government begins cleaning up the Gowanus Canal, their own severely contaminated strip of water. (more…)