Ka taƙaita labarin:  Wani mai ba da shawara ga ruwa mai tsabta ya yi iyo a Ranar Duniya a gurɓataccen Canal na Gowanus na Birnin New York, wani wuri da gwamnatin tarayya ta sanya shi musamman gurɓatacce, amma ya daina kasa da rabi. Christopher Swain ya sa rigar kariya ta rawaya yayin da ya tsallake shinge kuma ya shiga cikin ruwa da misalin karfe 2 na yamma a ranar Laraba a Brooklyn amma ya kammala kashi biyu bisa uku na mil na hanyar ruwa mai nisan mil 1.8. Ya yi kusan sa'a daya yana iyo a cikin tashar don ya bukaci tsabtace muhalli wanda a karshe ya ba da gudummawa ga gurɓataccen ruwa saboda kwarewar kamar 'yin iyo' a cikin diaper mai datti. Christopher Swain, wani mai fafutukar tsaftace ruwa, ya shiga ninkaya mai nisan mil 1.8 a cikin guga mai guba na Gowanus, wanda Hukumar Kula da Muhalli ta sanya shi a matsayin mai gurɓataccen yanayi, don neman tsaftace shi. Mai iyo, wanda ya daina kashi biyu bisa uku na mil a cikin iyo, ya yi gargling hydrogen peroxide lokaci-lokaci don hana gurɓataccen ruwa daga shiga cikin makogwaro. Swain, wanda a baya ya yi iyo a kogin Hudson da Columbia, ya ce ya kamata a hanzarta tsaftace Kogin Gowanus, wanda hukumar kula da muhalli ta EPA ta sanya shi a matsayin wani yanki na Superfund. 'Wataƙila shi ne mafi kyawun motsi a wannan lokacin,' in ji shi, a cewar Reuters, amma ya yi alƙawarin yin iyo a duk hanyar wata rana. 'Ina so in bayyana, babu wanda ke gaya mani in daina,' Swain ya ci gaba, kuma ya ce mummunan yanayi da ke gabatowa ya taka rawa a cikin shawarar da ya yanke. Dan gwagwarmayar ya ce 'Ba shi da lafiya yin iyo a can,' a cewar Gothamist. Ya ce ruwan ya dandana 'Kamar laka, poop, ciyawa mai laushi, mai wankewa da gasoline'. A karni na 19, wannan hanyar ruwa ta kasance babbar hanyar sufuri, amma yanzu ta gurɓata da masana'antu da kuma magudanar ruwa wanda dole ne, ta hanyar doka, a tsabtace shi. Hukumar kare muhalli ta tarayya ta ce gurbatawa sun hada da PCBs, wanda aka haramta a Amurka a shekarar 1979. Ta gargadi Swain da yin iyo, ta wallafa wani sako a shafinta na Twitter yana cewa 'tana ba da shawara sosai game da yin iyo' a cikin ruwa. Hukumar ta fitar da jagororin a shekarar 2011 tana cewa mutane...
Christopher Swain ya sanya rigar kariya don yin iyo ta hanyar Gowanus Canal. Gidan ruwa na Brooklyn sanannen wurin zubar da sharar masana'antu ne mai guba. Kimanin galan miliyan 377 na ruwan najasa mai narkewa da aka zuba a kowace shekara. Swain ya bar kashi biyu bisa uku na mil a cikin tafiya mai nisan mil 1.8, kuma ya ce yana kama da 'yin iyo a cikin diaper mai datti' Mai iyo ya yi gargling peroxide kuma yana da kwamfutar hannu na musamman a hannu don yaƙi da gurɓataccen ruwa shiga jikinsa kuma ya sa shi rashin lafiya. Ya yi kira da a hanzarta tsaftace tashar, wacce aka shirya za a yi ta a shekarar 2017.