The president of the Paris Organizing Committee said the swimming section of the triathlon could be nixed if officials can’t reduce pollution levels in the filthy waterway.
The Seine and the Thames have been super polluted since Roman times. If anything, they are less polluted now that there’s less direct sewage, discarded animal carcasses and corpses in them.
It was so bad in the 19th century in London that this happened-
The Seine and the Thames have been super polluted since Roman times. If anything, they are less polluted now that there’s less direct sewage, discarded animal carcasses and corpses in them.
It was so bad in the 19th century in London that this happened-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Stink
I’m not saying this is adequate, because it isn’t, I’m just saying it’s better than it used to be.