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On May 7, 2017, the catastrophic failure of a [[Consolidated Edison|Con Edison]] substation in Brooklyn caused a spill into the river of over {{convert|5,000|gal|0}} of [[Liquid dielectric|dielectric fluid]], a synthetic mineral oil used to cool electrical equipment and prevent electrical discharges. (See [[#2017 oil spill|below]].)
At the end of 2022, gold miner John Reeves claimed that up to 50 tons of ice age artifacts bound for the [[American Museum of Natural History]] , including mammoth remains, had been dumped into the East River near 65th Street. Although the museum denied that any fossils had been dumped into the river, Reeves's allegations prompted commercial divers to search the river for evidence of mammoth bones.<ref>{{cite web | title=Treasure hunters search NYC's East River after claim that mammoth bones were dumped there in the 1940s | website=CBS News | date=January 16, 2023 | url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/treasure-hunters-east-river-nyc-claim-mammoth-bones-1940s-joe-rogan-podcast/ | access-date=March 22, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Wilson|first=Michael|date=2023-01-27|title=Mammoth Tusks in the East River? How Joe Rogan Started a
==Ecosystem collapse, pollution and health==
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