We strongly advise the public not to do this, it’s unsafe. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. posted photos of himself and his grandkids swimming in Rock Creek, a Washington waterway so contaminated with sewage runoff that swimming has been banned citywide for over 50 years. The creek contains dangerously high levels of E. coli and other fecal bacteria, especially after rainfall, when it fills with overflow sewage and stormwater.
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