Swimming has been illegal in most of D.C.'s waterways since the 1970s, largely because of contamination from the district's ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. posted photos Sunday of him and his family swimming in Rock Creek ...

Health officials typically advise against swimming in that DC waterway, because sewage from the city ... When I interviewed Brian Joyner, the superintendent of Rock Creek Park, for a piece earlier ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. shared pictures of himself and his family swimming in Rock Creek in ...

Kennedy Jr. posted photos of himself and his grandchildren swimming in waters known to be contaminated during a Mother’s Day hike in Rock Creek Park. In one of the photos from Sunday ...

According to federal officials, swimming and wading are not allowed at Rock Creek Park to keep people and pets "safe from illness." ...

Yashar Ali noted that the National Park Service “prohibits swimming and wading in the water in Rock Creek due to oil, heavy metals, pesticides, pet waste, and raw sewage in the water.” ...

Kennedy Jr. shared pictures of himself and his family swimming in Rock Creek in Washington, D.C., despite decadeslong warnings from the National Park Service not to do so. Since 1971, health ...

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took a swim in Washington, D.C.’s Rock Creek despite warnings about high bacterial ...