Swimming in Toxic Water
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- Опубликовано: 19 май 2019
- There’s a reason no one has gone for a dip in New York City’s Newtown Creek in recent history. In Christopher Swain’s words, it’s like “swimming through a dirty diaper garnished with oil, gasoline and trash.” He’s a clean water activist who has swum over 3,000 miles in 25 different contaminated waterways across North America as a means of advocating for their cleanup. Taking a dip in these waterways does not come without its risks. Despite the precautions Christopher takes-wearing a puncture-resistant drysuit, goggles, ear plugs, etc.-he still gets sick from the various contaminants. It’s the hazards that come along with the cause, but Christopher continues to swim, all out of love for the water.
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This Guy takes dumpster diving to a whole other level
lol
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Badum pow
lol
2:09 - “Lets turn around”
Duck turns around.
Laughed at that way longer than i had to
*2:08
😂
If you want to hear the whole thing then 2:07
I too swim in toxic waters; I swim in league of legends chat section.
This comment shall get alot of likes and i will be the one to comment first
@@thatrandomcommenter836 Damm you
Go on dota and wait until you get a game with a brit and a arab. The war will give you ptsd. One time there was this brit who's voice was cracking so hard and he almost started crying lol.
@@himlolo AHAHAHAH so true .
Competitive Overwatch vc’s and match chats are hella toxic
Oh my god this is so gross but i really appreciate his actions
Yehuda Waxman 258 likes and no comments 😂 I just had to
Tssssss....
Stfu
stfuus
Shalom lol
Average person: Eew that water is gross
This fella: wHaT a nIcE dAy fOr a sWiM
I bet on every great big story and vox video is full of memers these jokes ain’t funny it’s serious man
@@greypersoninagreybackround3279 Your name isn't funny.
@@greypersoninagreybackround3279 Seriously these stupid jokes are getting more unfunny every day
Eggpie_614 if I didn’t say that and said something else you wouldn’t say that
Rubliko Nemamtucha is it my name
He should really wear something on his face
wolfsmaul-GER good point
@wolfsmaul-GER well he can take off the mask when he drinks water, but keep it on when hes swimming.. its not like he will keep the mask on the whole day. ffs. you idiot
@@callmegary2622 wolfsmaul is talking about drinking the river water
Vikram Oldham idiot
@@callmegary2622 r/wooosshh
From my experience, you could pump as much gasoline, arsenic, and mercury into a lake as you want, and people will still argue that it's safe to fish there.
Agreed
The Newtown Creek is dirty.
Ganges river : Hold my toxic water.
It's mostly dirty, but is toxic only after Kanpur
Till Haridwar it's good
Yes, 69 likes
Let's get it to 69 comments as well
In Ganges main contaminant is the sewage .
Only civilized areas are polluted and are being cleaned now. Rest after the civilized parts are over , Ganges are heavenly. I just visited for trek and saw a beautiful ganga in mountains
When you try to pick up your phone out of a toilet
Born to be dEfOrMeD hahaha so underrated
Lol ikr
Bad comment. Your screen has literally more bacteria than anything on the toilet.
BlueSquirrel Ok but can you just take a joke every once and a while?
XxMinecraftissupacooolxdxddxxxdxXX never, I am an asshole!
This guy has endurance level 6 and earned the Aqua Boy perk Rank 1
Crazy lady jumping into the Hudson on TikTok brought me here
He should wear a mask or something
Or not do it at all maybe
@@spaceboogie9333 he cares for something bigger than himself. Same can't be said for a lot of you selfish pricks
@@whut9245 wow Mr meanie beanie
but this is dum, wearing a scuba suit with oxygen tank. What is he changing??
As he said in the video he wants to show how toxic it is and i think if he wore a mask ot wouldn't make people worry as much
Respect is all I have to offer.
These "low" class jobs is what keeps the world in place.
commendable, but I would like to know if he actually has any sort of political leverage... The industry using newtown creek is probably too valuable for any change to occur.
I suppose his thing is trying to attract attention to the pollution of waterways, so someday there might be more leverage... and it did get you to watch a video about pollution of waterways :D
After this video i just got a ad about saving the ocean? Coincidence? I think not!
FBI Undercover Loli I GOT IT TOO
Sameee, just now i got it .
I got it at the start of the video
I lost brain cells looking at ur profile picture. Eww. 😷
Starkid 1236 who
“When the waters are clean, I’ll get in my bathing suit and enjoy them with my fellow citizens” I loved that quote so much...
Everyone is here making jokes and memes... But I think we should all just appreciate what a great human being he is. He's not advocating for his own gain, he is advocating for our world, our people, our race, and most importantly our future. Please can we all take a moment to just really consider what a remarkable person he is. Thank you so much for all you have sacrificed and contributed to our society. Hats off to you, dear sir!
1980: we will find a way to get rid of toxic water
2019: we found a toxic stream sniper dancing on ninja
DRAGON THE GAMER fortnite is dogshit
Audio RS7 , ikr
Welcome to Zanzibar.
Clear blue seas and white sand beaches.
Not for long
Binyamin A Cool.
@@prof_Sam_G I dont understand why peapole wont stop poluting the world.
Sorry For the miss spelling im from finland.
Suomi perkele! Torilla tavataan...
@@laurilahtinen7731 hä
I'm surprised he hasn't grown a third arm yet
lol
He bulk-bought a hella ton of Rad-Away.
and why you dont Make a video?
4th time i have seen a Justin Y comment with under 10 likes. Really is something special to witness such a thing of beauty hoping to get to 10 one day :)
Oh hey Justin
This is me in the Toxic Waters of a game.
Contaminated with Heavy Metal.
Metallica: hell yeah
HEEEEY A CULTURED JOJO FAN
He's like Kramer from that Seinfeld episode
Exactly what I thought, hopefully he doesn’t stink out his mattress.
OMG 😂🤣😂
He looks like Karl Stephon to me.
0:18
When u drop ur Oreo in the milk
It’s really sad what we’ve done to our own water ways... But much respect to this man for helping change this!
Thats a legend right there
Legends never die~~
Dirty water: *EXISTS*
Christopher: I'm about to end this mans whole career.
Feminist: DiD YoU jUsT aSsUme rIvEr's GeNdeR?
stranger: What does your son do?
Mom: He swims in dirty... He is a Olympic swimmer
Beautiful, so glad stuff like this gets shared by channels like this one
At the start of the video I was too quick to judge and thought this was stupid thing to do but after what he said in the end I totally appreciate and commend this guy for what he is doing. Water is life.
Me: *swimming in toxic water*
Water: We lost the game because of you
thank godness that there are no Toxic Fish
A fish with 10 eyes and giant teeth 😂
But how do you know? We have only explored 5 percent of the ocean.
Ever heard of Puffer Fish?
Awesome Guy with an Awesome Mission. Thank you! #MakeItSwimable
If you think North America's bad look at India lol
Robert H all of india is dirty
@@troxity5589 lol
Omg! Your comment is so funny and intelligent. Your iq must be 150+
Robert H xd
@@troxity5589 pls don't visit my country bcoz 70 years a go your friends from Britain left nothing with us but dirty industries and no penny . So we've improved much in this 71 years and hopefully will improve ourselves more.
He is doing what needs to be done for everybody and needs so much support.
Wowza. Thank you sir for all you’ve done 🙏🏻
Mmmm, some nice, dirty, water to take a nice dip in
When daily dose of internet doesn’t post that day I go here for original non clickbait interesting content
Legend. Thank you for bringing light to dark places.
I got a surfing advert in the beginning of the video 😂😂
Great initiative man.... Hats off to you.
I legit just got an ad telling me to go swimming 😂
Wow I had no idea this was all happening. Thank you for creating such wonderful content. Also, what an absolute dangerous job.
This brings the phrase “that’s kinda toxic” to a whole new level.
girls swimming pool: "omg its too cold in this pool!"
boys swimming pool: literally this video
Toxic is if you ingest too much of something, meaning that anything can be toxic, including finer protein and water. You mean poisonous not toxic.
3:25 wow that line hit me hard. Hes got nothing but his life to offer. As a person who loves water I can resonate with the guy.
That guy is awesome. Most people only consider climate change as the only environmental issue, but fewer care as much about other pollution issues such as how we dispose of solid and liquid wastes (eg. in kinds of 'spacefills' such as landfills or waters). That guy is definitely one of the few.
I too swim in toxic waters... The RUclips comment section
Boring
this guy is a hero. hats off to you sir. everyone else is just sitting on their butts here you are actually doing something.
He's absolutely amazing.
Too much respect for this guy 🤠
Thank you so much for what you are doing!!! Very admirable. I so wish humans would take more care.
This is honestly outstanding, and amazing..
This is were CoD players evolved from.
That episode of Seinfeld with Kramer
R.I.P Ocean man
This dude's immunity is strong
We talk a lot about saving nature and wild lives, but the thing is...we never do it
Why are you so ToXiC?
Water: 😡
I got "save ocean from trash" ad before this video...
Me before watching this video: maybe this beats NYC traffic.
Me after watching the video: never mind.
I like how I got a "Save The Ocean" ad before getting to this video
He should try river ganges will he be up for it?!
Bro I got an ad for saving the oceans right before I saw this video, google knows what I’m up to
Regular people: don’t go in that water Timmy! It’s toxic.
This dude: well *LoOkS lIkE iM goInG fOr a SwiM*
I had an ad “save the ocean” before this video comes.
No one:
RUclips: I will show you that rad levels don't increase in toxic water
i did not know that swam becomes swum when a helping verb is in front. the more you learn lol
What a perfect combination is Ninja swims in there
Ahaha lol. That act could never be passed in Australia. Too many biting things lol
This is great!
This guy: This water is toxic.
Also this guy: Now what a lovely day to take a beautiful day to take a dip.
He should get waaay more recognition
He's okay, he's got the aquaman perk
you are a great man !
Ay yo it looks like i'm going for a swim 🤣
Great work
does he even bother with the conventional showers or just hop in the nearest body of water lol
Bruh I got a save the ocean ad for this
Guy: “Someone’s gotta risk something.”
Me: Yeah. Your life.
When I see the title I thought he’s swimming in some labs testing zone, but it’s actually the normal lake water in the cities. It’s ironic and straightforward.
Imagine you swimming there then poop passing by instant regret.
Ooh R.I.P Hudson river
Nobody:
RUclips: *Swimming in toxic water*
Oh wait I'm subscribed to this channel and it's uploaded 10h ago
Can we take a second on that kinder joy not falling in the water?
That was an epic gamer moment
Hey this is where ninja swims
I have experienced this already but that Was on Call Of Duty Blackops II I Have Swam to Toxic People
I like the way this man thinks.
What a legend
This is a very important situation to be concerned about, we need US natural waterways to become cleaner and not be treated like a trash can and sewer system. Even the obesity situation will go in the right direction when you enable people to go swimming in natural waters. I stand by his actions.
Good man
This is a super man! He isn't rich or is popular but dang! ... He makes me want to be a better person. Inspirational
Kramer did the same thing 😂
This sounded fun
Me: *swim*
Also me: *Dies*
Year:2723
Teacher:And that’s why Christopher Swain won the Nobel prize
What a great person
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