We're about to make some progress on Columbia as well going forward. Certainly one of the most interesting places is the area around the Gowanus Canal. You know, here we've got this area that 150 years of industrial pollution [have been] polluting the [Gowanus] canal, the mud at the bottom, the water, the land around it. Then we see in Hurricane Sandy just how vulnerable that whole area is to flooding. And it doesn't just flood when the hurricanes come, it floods now when it rains as well. (08:45–08:54)
CLAIM
Asserts that the Gowanus Canal has been polluted for 150 years due to industrial activity.
This is an excerpt from a raw transcript. The assertions have not been audited or verified. Tap the video to view the source footage and understand the context.
