There’s a century of toxic sludge hiding in the Gowanus Canal, but it may not be enough to stop a mega-developer from building on it
n November, gigantic yellow excavators began scooping up the poisonous sludge colloquially known as “black mayonnaise” from the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn,– a momentous step in a prolonged cleanup effort, 10 years after the waterway’s designation as a Superfund site.
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