Despite substantial efforts to clean the Seine River for the Olympics, serious health concerns arose when athletes experienced adverse reactions, including vomiting, after swimming in it. This contradiction highlights the potential dangers of prioritizing surface-level preparation over thorough assessments of water quality, directly affecting the safety of participants in high-stakes competitive environments.
Paris wanted this to be the greenest Olympics ever. We assess.
This episode was produced by Denise Guerra, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Rob Byers and Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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