NBCNewYork.com: Pollution's Latest Attack on New York Harbor


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A ten mile long slick of "red tide" first reported by the Coast Guard in New York Harbor's Upper Bay on Labor Day seemed to have mostly dissolved 24 hours later. But the waters under and south of the Verrazano Narrows Bridge still had a distinct reddish hue as NY-NJ Baykeeper boat captain Rick Jacks piloted his boat through the soupy mixture.

"This is certainly more red than I'm used to seeing," said Jacks, 56, who has piloted boats on the harbor for 45 years, since he was 11 years old.

But the New Jersey DEP is still trying to figure out what people are seeing.
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Posted by WILDNEWJERSEY at 9/9/2010 10:00 AM
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Tags: upper bay verrazano red tide njdep labor day coast guard ny nj baykeeper new york harbor
 

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