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Making the Seine Swimmable for the Olympics
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Making the Seine Swimmable for the Olympics

...a laudable goal, or temporary band-aid?

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Courtney Traub
Mar 14, 2023
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Divers plunge into Paris’ Seine River during the 1900 Summer Olympics. Public domain

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In 1923, enthusiastic bands of bathers and swimmers who had taken to the Seine River for daily ex…

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