Compare and contrast: Sewage in the Seine: New tests show the river remains unswimmable with three weeks to the Olympics

Compare and contrast: Sewage in the Seine: New tests show the river remains unswimmable with three weeks to the Olympics

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A rehearsal for the Paris Olympics opening ceremony was cancelled 2024-07-01 due to dangerous water in the Seine. There was 10 times more E. coli in the water than the maximum threshold set by the World Triathlon Federation and levels did not fall below the threshold at all during the test period. Enterococci levels were also unsafe. Click here to continue reading

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