So this topic about the salubrity of the Seine has gotten a lot of coverage in the anglophone press. Story yesterday about an athlete who swam in the river getting sick and having to withdraw; story today about US athletes drinking coke after swimming to kill off bacteria they may have ingested (which must be the most absurd thing ive ever heard!) ......knowing a bit about the history of the uses of the river, it does seem unlikely that theres any way to clean it up to the point of being safe to swim ....one hopes they wont try to repeat it in the LA River in 28!