Paris mayor swims in Seine to prove water purity ahead of Olympics

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TGAILA on July 17th, 2024 at 20:13 UTC »

According to Wikipedia, they have spent $1.55 billion to clean up the water. Swimming in the Seine has been banned for more than a century. They still found some fecal matter in the water. Good publicity for the mayor to take a dip.

expat_123 on July 17th, 2024 at 21:29 UTC »

Hepatitis be like :”here I come for you Mayor, merci.”

wund3rTxC21 on July 17th, 2024 at 22:02 UTC »

So what happened to the Seine in the first place that it got so bad?