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

    The return to swimming follows a 1.4 billion euro ($1.5 billion) cleanup project tied to last year’s Olympics. Officials now say the Seine meets European water quality standards on most days.

    https://www.nbcnews.com/world/europe/paris-swimming-seine-100-years-rcna217021

    When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aumônier

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      Daniel.
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      Um, no thank you.

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      • wtgW wtg

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

        The return to swimming follows a 1.4 billion euro ($1.5 billion) cleanup project tied to last year’s Olympics. Officials now say the Seine meets European water quality standards on most days.

        https://www.nbcnews.com/world/europe/paris-swimming-seine-100-years-rcna217021

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        Bernard
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        @wtg

        Environmental authorities confirmed bacteria levels were well below official thresholds.

        Wonderful!

        The industrial revolution cheapened everything.

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          I will not touch Ohio River waters, so I sure as hell would not get in the Seine.

          “I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer”
          ― Douglas Adams

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            Well, sometimes people do go in-Seine.

            Crazy economist who likes to write about higher education.

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