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Unsafe E. coli levels found in Paris’ Seine River less than 2 months before Olympics

Athletes dive and swim in the Seine River from the Alexander III bridge on the first leg of the women

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.

(Image credit: Michel Euler)

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