"Happy Mother's Day, Here's Some E. Coli": — RFK Jr. Appears To Have Taken His Family Swimming In A Fecal-Contaminated Creek

And indeed, the National Park Service says of Rock Creek connected its website, "Swimming and wading are not allowed owed to precocious bacteria levels. Stay retired of the h2o to support streambanks, plants and animals and support you and your household (including pets!) harmless from illness."

They continue, "Rock Creek has precocious levels of bacteria and different infectious pathogens that marque swimming, wading, and different interaction with the h2o a hazard to quality (and pet) health. Please support yourself and your pooches by staying connected trails and retired of the creek. All District waterways are taxable to a aquatics prohibition — this means wading, too!"