Clean Water Act, Schmean Water Act, you say?
Well these guys know how to make a point. On Thursday morning, Maryland Sen. Paul Pinsky, D-Prince George’s, former U.S. Sen. Joe Tydings and former Maryland state senators David Harrington and Gerald Winegrad, along with other Anacostia River advocates will be putting on mock hazmat suits and taking a plunge in the Anacostia River.
The gimmick is to highlight the failure to meet the 1983 deadline imposed by the Clean Water Act to clean up the nation’s waterways, according to the news release sent this week. But we couldn’t help but ask — um …. you’re not using real hazmat suits? Don’t you guys know what’s in the river??
Turns out they will be safe — here’s the response froma a spokeswoman:
The fun starts at 10 a.m. Thursday at Bladensburg Waterfront Park, 4601 Annapolis Rd., Bladensburg, Md.
