The authorities are going to clean up the Gowanus canal from the «black mayonnaise»
Canal Gowanus is not just considered to be one of the most polluted water bodies in the country. In 2010, the Agency for environmental protection has brought the Brooklyn waterfront with a long 1.8 mile to the list of contaminated sites under the Superfund program, and since then local community groups and authorities are working on its purification. The bottom of the channel covers 10 feet of toxic sludge, which…