Brooklyn's Gowanus Canal is among the most polluted waterways in the nation. Years of storm and sewer runoff and waste from now-defunct industrial sites have contaminated the canal with coal tar wastes, heavy metals and more.
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According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the contamination threatens residents who still use the canal for fishing and recreation. In 2010, it was added to the EPA's Superfund National Priorities List, allowing further investigation into the site so that the EPA can work to address the contamination.
Despite the infamy of the canal, photographer Steven Hirsch found unlikely beauty among its waste. Using the sludge as his canvas, Hirsch has captured a collection of psychedelic images.
"The images are a result of pollution, but this was the palette I used to make abstractions. The pollution provided me a canvas of colors, shapes and designs to make art," Hirsch told weather.com.
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