Cleaning up the Seine: An Olympic reboot for famed but polluted Paris river

Name: Cleaning up the Seine: An Olympic reboot for famed but polluted Paris river
Uploaded: 2023-04-12T13:00:00-05:00
Description: Despite its romance and beauty, the Seine has historically been quite toxic with swimming mostly off limits for a century. But holding swimming events in the Seine was a key part of Paris' bid to host the 2024 Olympics. And with the games just over a year away, mass cleanup efforts are in full swing. FRANCE 24's Alison Sargent takes a look.

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Apr 12, 2023
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Despite its romance and beauty, the Seine has historically been quite toxic with swimming mostly off limits for a century. But holding swimming events in the Seine was a key part of Paris' bid to host the 2024 Olympics. And with the games just over a year away, mass cleanup efforts are in full swing. FRANCE 24's Alison Sargent takes a look.

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