Olympic swimmers are getting a warning to beware of the dangerous bacteria in the water of a river in Paris, France, where the 2024 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games water games are planned to be set.
The Surfrider Foundation Europe, a grassroots environmental water protection organization, performed 14 tests of the Seine River between September 2023 and March 2024 and found “alarming levels of bacteriological pollution.”
One sample was located near the Alexandra III bridge, which is a planned starting point for Olympic swimmers, and showed poor water quality and pollution.
“There are many causes for this pollution, ranging from rainfall to malfunctions in the sewage system, including poorly connected barges and animal waste,” the organization warned in a statement.
The foundation added, “The consequences of this pollution on health are serious, ranging from common infections
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