Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gave the phrase “up s--t creek” a whole new meaning over the weekend after taking a dip in a contaminated waterway with his grandkids. The Department of Health and Human Services secretary posted shirtless snapshots of himself alongside several young family members in Washington D.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nation’s health czar, is shown bathing in Rock Creek, a D.C. stream that was flagged as polluted, on an outing with his grandchildren.

The National Park Service has a longstanding warning against swimming or wading in Rock Creek due to "high levels of bacteria and other infectious pathogens."