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In Paris, swimming in the Seine? What analyses reveal about lead, drugs, and other pollutants

Even though the quality of the Seine has been gradually improving since the 1970s, pollution episodes continue to occur, ...
Forbes

Seine Olympic Swimming Happened, But Is It Likely For Future Tourists?

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Alex Ledsom is a France-based contributor who covers travel. The women's and men's triathlon took place on 31 July in the river ...
Yahoo

Joyful Parisians take a historic plunge into the Seine after 100 years

PARIS (AP) — Cries of “It is warm!” rang out across the Seine on Saturday morning as Parisians jumped into the river — legally — for the first time in more than 100 years. Public swimming was ...
Yahoo! Sports

Seine still too dirty for swimming, two months before Paris Olympics

Water tests in the Seine in Paris have shown that the river is still too dirty to swim in, two months before the start of the Olympics, when it is set to be used by athletes, according to data from ...
Orlando Sentinel

The Seine in Paris is open for swimming. Tourists and residents embrace it as temperatures soar

PARIS (AP) — Swimming in the Seine is an increasingly popular tourist attraction in the French capital — and a must-do for Parisians themselves. Thousands of people have enjoyed a dip in the river ...