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Levels of contamination in Paris’ River Seine remain unsafe for Olympians to compete with just over a month remaining before the games, according to a monitoring report from the city of Paris. The report found elevated levels of E. coli bacteria — an indicator of fecal matter — in routine samples collected at several sites along the Seine from June 10 to 16. During the Olympics, Paris plans for athletes to compete in the Seine for marathon swimming and triathlon events.
The nonprofit Surfrider Foundation Europe released independent results from six months of tests and found almost all samples failed permitted levels of E. coli and enterococci — two types of bacteria that scientists typically test for as a measure of fecal matter. “High bacteria means there’s too much poop in the water and poop carries germs that make people sick,” said Daniel Nidzgorski, an ecologist who monitors water quality for King County in Washington state.
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