Untreated industrial waste, sewage, and chemical runoff severely contaminated this NYS lake, causing it to become one of the most polluted in the United States.
You know those little bottles of shampoo, conditioner, lotion, and sometimes mouthwash you love to swipe from your hotel room? Soon they'll be banned in NYS.
A plant dubbed the 'horror plant' by the DEC because it causes severe burns, and even blindness, is appearing in Central New York, and has been spotted near Utica and Rome. Giant Hogweed is here.