Word: river
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...There was toxic blue-green algae last year,” said Charles River Swimming Club Vice President Ulla Hester...
That’s because since 1955, a growing prevalence of factories and pollution-emitting businesses along the river have made it unsafe for humans. In addition, an increasing number of various bacteria and toxic sediment have, due to its location on the river’s floor, been able to sit, then grow and spread, according to Lawaetz...
...don’t actually swim in the river,” he says. “You’re not actually allowed to swim in the Charles—there are no approved spots...
...Four years ago, the river was covered with trash,” says Thomas J. McNichol, a retired 69-year-old living in Worcester. “Islands of trash would float back and forth, because it’s not really a river, it’s a dam. You’d see the same trash going back and fourth across the river week after week. A group of us decided one day that we’d clean...
That group, made up of four captains and about 200 volunteers, comprises the Charles River Clean Up Boat...