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The level of faecal bacteria in the Seine was above the World Aquatics standards of 400 colony-forming units of enterococci per 100 millilitres. The women's marathon swim competition is set for Thursday, while the men are scheduled to race Friday.

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[-] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 20 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Before this happened the mayor of Paris said she'd swim in it to prove it's safe...

But she announced when, so everyone shit in the river in the lead up apparently. The levels were ridiculously high so she postponed and did it on a random day.

So I wonder if with the Olympics going on, people have just started doing it again. Or if the levels are just that close to the line they can go over at any moment.

[-] KreekyBonez@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

well, ain't that some shit

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