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The River Seine has been declared unsuitable to host swimmers just one month before the Paris Olympics.
Results on Friday showed that the river known for its charm and romance is still failing water quality tests.
It is scheduled to host part of the opening ceremony, the open-water swimming competition, and as the swimming leg of the triathlon.
Parisians had threatened to defecate in the river in protest against the French government on June 23 but it is unclear if any such delinquencies were performed.
President Emmanuel Macron and Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo vowed that they would swim in the river to prove its safeness.
The River Seine has been declared unsuitable to swim in just a month before the Paris Olympics
Outrage around the water quality of the Seine has been bubbling for a considerable length of time.
In April a French water charity found ‘alarming levels of pollution’, sparking fears that the river would not be ready in time.
The Surfrider Foundation took 14 samples from the Seine over a six-month period and found the water to be potentially dangerous in all but one of their tests.
More to follow.
