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this post was submitted on 10 Aug 2024
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The Seine is the river that keeps on giving. Warning don't read this if you're eating your breakfast.
https://www.nine.com.au/sport/olympics/paris-2024-german-open-water-swimmer-leonie-beck-falls-ill-10km-seine-river-20240811-p5k1e6.html
It's like holding swimming races in the Yarra and expecting the swimmers flesh not to slough away from the pollution 😂 but way worse with all the ancient sewage lines flowing into the Seine, the catacombs, illegal dumping by companies etc. 🤢🤢
Oui oui!
It's just bizarre to me, who/whom decides what is acceptable risk?
I don't know. I hope it's scientific based and not some bureaucrats with a glass going "looks clear enough. Who wants first taste?".
Anyway Shazza from the Netherlands says it's ok.
😂
So generous. It’s the olympics souvenir of french gastro microbes you get to take home and keep for several days to weeks after the games.
If you've never had horse before, you have now.