Recreation reclassification: EPA wants Mississippi River designated as safe for swimmers

Saturday, December 27, 2008

Whenever Huck Finn wanted to cool off on a hot summer day, his creator, Mark Twain, would write the boy into a swimming session in the Mississippi River. The EPA wants real people today to be able to swim in the river as well.

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