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Unsafe levels of E. coli found in Paris’ Seine River less than 2 months before Olympics
The Associated Press ^ | June 14, 2024 | BY TOM NOUVIAN

Posted on 06/14/2024 3:22:38 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

PARIS (AP) — Water in the Seine River had unsafe elevated levels of E. coli less than two months before swimming competitions are scheduled to take place in it during the Paris Olympics, according to test results published Friday.

Contamination levels in the first eight days of June, after persistent heavy rain in Paris, showed bacteria such as E. coli and enterococci beyond limits judged safe for athletes.

The report was published by monitoring group Eau de Paris one day after a senior International Olympic Committee executive said there were “no reasons to doubt” races will go ahead as scheduled in in a historic downtown stretch of the Seine near the Eiffel Tower.

The first Olympic event in the cleaned-up Seine is men’s triathlon, including a 1.5-kilometer (under 1 mile) swim, on the morning of July 30. The women’s triathlon is the next day and a mixed relay event is on Aug. 5.

Marathon swimming races over 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) for women and men are scheduled on Aug. 8 and 9, respectively, in waters that were historically polluted before a $1.5 billion investment ahead of the Olympics.

“We are confident that we will swim in the Seine this summer,” IOC official Christophe Dubi said Thursday at an online briefing after hearing an update Paris from city officials and Olympic organizers.

(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...


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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Looks like the bacterial levels are IN-SEINE!

(I’ll show myself out).


21 posted on 06/14/2024 4:54:30 PM PDT by FrankRizzo890
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

ANYONE ON FR SURPRISED ????


22 posted on 06/14/2024 5:01:15 PM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Ewww-la-la


23 posted on 06/14/2024 5:06:36 PM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America.)
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To: FrankRizzo890

Good one!


24 posted on 06/14/2024 5:27:42 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Navarro didn't kill himself.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
It's france.

They are still not toilet trained.

I am not joking, they pee all over the place.

25 posted on 06/14/2024 6:26:13 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Roses are red, Violets are blue, I love being on the government watch list, along with all of you.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Even if levels were down it will be going up.

“French People Are Going To Take Dumps In The Seine In The Name Of Protest Ahead Of Olympics”

https://www.outkick.com/sports/dumps-seine-protest-olympics


26 posted on 06/14/2024 6:42:00 PM PDT by chickenlips (Neuter your politicians)
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To: Cold_Red_Steel
Does Paris have the same issues suffered by San Francisco?

Biden has crapped his Depends in each city.

27 posted on 06/14/2024 6:56:00 PM PDT by MIchaelTArchangel
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
I told you the Parisians were pooping in the river!
28 posted on 06/14/2024 7:23:01 PM PDT by Paal Gulli
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Poo-La-La! Merde!


29 posted on 06/14/2024 8:26:33 PM PDT by kaktuskid
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Don’t the French throw their dead into the river?


30 posted on 06/14/2024 11:18:55 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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To: PAR35

It’s been a sewer for 1000 years


But...but... The Climate Cult Marxist Stooges say Europe is so brilliant and enlightened and we need to be taxed and collectivist just like them....


31 posted on 06/15/2024 5:16:05 AM PDT by Cold_Red_Steel
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