The city sprayed “Christmas”-scented perfume around the Gowanus Canal — but it’ll take a lot more than holiday cheer to neutralize the stench seeping from the…
"When it's hot that's when the smell is unbearable - fall and winter is not so bad - but the mid summer heat is kind of like a major porter potty," resident Nicky Ramirez said.The city sprayed “Christmas”-scented perfume around the Gowanus Canal — but it’ll take a lot more than holiday cheer to neutralize the stench seeping from the notorious polluted Brooklyn waterway.
“For sure, during the summer it smells awful. But that would be the first time I’ve heard of them pumping fresh scents or anything like that.”Enraged ex-husband fatally shoots former wife, her new beau in their million-dollar LI home after bitter divorce battle She added: “I can’t see how pumping fumes in the air would be safe— especially people with asthma. I haven’t heard or smelt anything like that though.”
For about a century, much of the coal tar from the sites have seeped into the canal — which has been dubbed one of the nation’s most polluted waterways and isBut, as The Post previously reported, residents near the waterway face much more harmful effects than bad smells: “Shockingly high levels” of the chemical trichloroethylene – which has been linked to cancer –A Post request for comment to the DEP regarding how much the odor mitigation cost, how many misters operated and how often and what...
Hanif said she has been working with Gowanus elected officials to ensure that federal, state and local official provide more information about their plans at the sites to locals.Gowanus residents say neither the DEP’s scented spray or even the agency’s use of non-toxic odor neutralizing foam helped their plight, and the canal reek continues to waft into the neighborhood.
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