Christopher Swain donned protective suit to swim through Gowanus Canal . Brooklyn waterway is famous dumping site for toxic industrial waste . Roughly 377million gallons of diluted raw sewage poured in each year . Swain quit 1.8-mile of a mile into two-thirds journey and said it was like 'swimming into a dirty diaper ' Swimmer gargled peroxide and had special tablet on hand to fight against contaminated water entering his body and making him sick . He urged faster cleanup of the canal , which is slated for dredging in 2017 .
Christopher Swain donned protective suit to swim through Gowanus Canal . Brooklyn waterway is famous dumping site for toxic industrial waste . Roughly 377million gallons of diluted raw sewage poured in each year . Swain quit two-thirds of a mile into 1.8-mile journey and said it was like 'swimming into a dirty diaper ' Swimmer gargled peroxide and had special tablet on hand to fight against contaminated water entering his body and making him sick . He urged faster cleanup of the canal , which is slated for dredging in 2017 .