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Seine reopens to Paris swimmers after century-long ban
- david927 1y agoJust beware of the sharks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under_Paris https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under_Paris
- alwa 1y agoOh my. “Based on: An original idea” I suppose so…
- _zoltan_ 1y agoit's entertainment, not science. if it fulfills that purpose then it's good. nothing else required.
- david927 1y agoI mean, you need some plausibility to the imaginative leap. It can be crazy but as long as it doesn't disturb the audience's suspension of disbelief, you're fine, and that's a strange line. There's nothing wrong with mocking the premise of this movie; I saw it and it deserves no defense.
- dvh 1y agoBull sharks are known to swim 4000km inland (even 1100km in US).
- david927 1y agoThere are around 8 to 10 major dams or weirs between the ocean and Paris.
- dvh 1y agoThey could swam before they have been built, or to paraphrase Jeff Goldblum: "Life, err, finds a way". Are you one of those people who believe dams can protect you from bull sharks? Do you know why faucets have little mesh on the outlet? That's right! Tiny bull sharks could bite your fingers when you wash your hands.
- david927 1y agoThis is so good. I'm already halfway through the screenplay for "Baby Shark". The poster will have someone dangling their finger in water in a sink and a tiny bull shark coming up to bite it.
- konfusinomicon 1y agothis is primarily why marijuana is considered so dangerous. letting a pothead into your home will inevitably lead to them taking the aerator screens from your faucets to prevent hot ash from being inhaled during their pursuit of madness. in turn millions of minor finger injuries occur every year. spread awareness!
- spauldo 1y agoI think you'll find that in the US they've been known to swim about 680 miles inland.
- nandomrumber 1y ago646374.4 Smoots https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoot
- spauldo 1y agoThey don't have to swim that far to get to Cambridge, the only place in the US where they use Smoots.
- tmtvl 1y agoSharks only eat like once or twice a week and are very shy creatures, so not much to worry about. You're more likely to be killed by a coconut.
- david927 1y agoIt was a joke about a silly movie premise
- rossant 1y agoThat comment might also have been a joke, ironically and intentionally missing the point that perhaps there aren’t that many sharks in the Seine.
- seszett 1y agoOr coconuts.
- kevinpet 1y agoOne could be carried there
- laxd 1y agoSo could a shark
- nandomrumber 1y agoNot by a Swallow
- david927 1y agoIt could grip it by the husk
- jedimastert 1y ago> The seasonal opening of the Seine for swimming is seen as a key legacy of the Paris 2024 Olympics, when open-water swimmers and triathletes competed in its waters which were specially cleaned for the event. Meanwhile... > The Olympic legacy of the Seine has taken another hit, with a second athlete taken to hospital after competing in the murky waters. https://www.thetimes.com/sport/olympics/article/second-olympian-in-hospital-after-swimming-in-seine-m07g5mmx5 https://www.thetimes.com/sport/olympics/article/second-olymp...
- yread 1y agoIt seems neither of them were clearly linked to the river? The articles on this guy were kinda clickbaity saying he "was rushed to the hospital" when he tweeted that he rushed to the hospital because of the stomach bug
- thaumasiotes 1y agoSince the reason for not swimming in the Seine was sewage, a "stomach bug" is exactly the problem you'd expect to develop after swimming in it. To rule the water out, you'd need evidence that, say, the guy ate at a restaurant with several other people who didn't go swimming, and they got sick too.
- mym1990 1y agoWhy not just compare the incidence of sickness at the swimming event vs other triathlon swimming events and see if 2(or whatever the number of competitors affected was) is abnormal and work from there?
- pdabbadabba 1y agoYep. That has, in fact, been done and seems to show an elevated risk of GI illness in Olympians who swam in the Seine compared to previous Olympics. https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/exclusives/111605 https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/exclusives/1116...
- bambax 1y agoPeople living in houseboats along the river have been swimming in the Seine forever. And every summer, young people, possibly a little drunk, jump into the water as a dare from bridges near Notre-Dame. But yes, this is more mainstream and open to all so it's kind of big news.
- wdavidw 1y agoI live on a houseboat just after paris in Meudon, facing Boulogne, we go paddle and swiming with the kids since they are 5 years old. The thing is to avoid going to the river the days after big rains. It is a very pleasant area along the Saint Germain Island (bras mort de l’Île Saint Germain)
- forty 1y agoThe news is that it's now allowed / legal
- cladopa 1y agowhen I was a kid, I swam in the Seine one day out of young stupidity and the next day I got hives on my skin and it was very itchy. I learned the lesson and luckily in a couple of days I was back to normal. Some of the people in my group(that swam with me) had longer lasting problems.
- liotier 1y ago> and every summer, young people, possibly a little drunk, jump into the water as a dare from bridges near Notre-Dame After ending high school exams in 1993, we jumped into the Seine from Pont de Neuilly. I suppose this sort of antics have been going on since times immemorial and without counting bacteria beforehand... But I'm glad the river has cleaned up ! My first impression upon hitting the water: 1 - it is actually water (I expected mud !), 2 - wow, there is actually current and the shore goes by rather fast... No problems of any sort. Anyway, it is fun - do it, and have a spotter to check for ships !
- nextos 1y agoOne of the benefits of EU regulations is that they have brought some order to the dumping of raw sewage into rivers and seas. But there is still a lot of work to do. Local authorities from lots of EU regions generally avoid measuring water quality after rainy days because raw sewage is still often dumped under those conditions. Even in Basel, where the Rheine is really clean, authorities sometimes advise not to swim.
- noughtme 1y agoThe source of the Seine is in Burgundy. Not a European, so wondering what the relationship between the Seine and EU regulations is.
- vasco 1y agoThe seine, burgundy and paris are all part of EU.
- maeln 1y agoAn important part of the pollution in the Seine is from Paris itself. Due to being an old city, the sewer system and the flood water system (i.e rain) goes through mostly the same tubes and are dump directly in the Seine. This leads to the river being full of biological contaminent, a.k.a, shit. A lot of effort was done to remediate this very old issue, with a very big push before the Olympics games (but improvement to the sewage system has been going on for years).
- p1necone 1y agoTurns out you can dump raw sewage in rivers at any point along them, not just the source. Also Burgundy is just another part of France which is in the EU, so not really sure what you mean.
- thinkingtoilet 1y agoAre there other options when it rains? I imagine they're not dumping sewage into rivers for fun.
- cm2187 1y agoThe water is "so clean" that you have mandatory showers before going in... But it's France, so how would you live without pointless regulations?
- jt2190 1y agoPeople wear all sorts of oils and perfumes and deodorants that should be washed off before swimming.
- _zoltan_ 1y agoit's a river. Couple hundred people swimming in it with deodorants is meaningless.
- loloquwowndueo 1y agoMaybe that was the initial thought? It’s a river, a handful of homes emptying sewage there is meaningless. And centuries later, here we are.
- baud147258 1y agoI'd say it's the same rules as any other (swimmable) river in France, from the big to the small. Maybe it'd make more sense just for smaller rivers, but where do you draw the line? Like it's easier and simpler to just use the same set of rules
- alamortsubite 1y agoThis is true, but shortsighted. The overall Paris-Plage plan is a resounding success. Re-opening the Seine to swimming is likely to be just as popular.
- cdrini 1y agoI was dubious so did a fact check, and it is indeed necessary! Not sure what the reasoning is, I wonder if it's some rule about public swimming which was originally created only for pools? Or maybe there are some wildlife concerns with certain lotions/etc getting in the water. > Y a-t-il des douches ? > > Oui ! Chaque site de baignade propose des douches – obligatoires avant d’aller se baigner –, un accès à des toilettes, un poste de secours ainsi que des espaces pour s’asseoir et profiter du soleil. https://www.paris.fr/pages/baignade-en-seine-toutes-les-questions-que-vous-vous-posez-31533 https://www.paris.fr/pages/baignade-en-seine-toutes-les-ques...
- cycomanic 1y agoFor anyone visiting Paris, the sewer museum is definitely a unique experience and worth a visit (although smelly). It gives you a grasp of what a monumental it was to build the sewers back then. You can also see the overflow reservoirs that dump water into the Seine when there is heavy rain (they were talking about the cleanup efforts leading to the Olympics when I was there some years ago).
- sidibe 1y ago+1, I always recommend this. It's interesting, doesn't take very long, and well situated right in the middle of the tourism to get a little break from whatever the outside weather is.
- ourmandave 1y agoI wonder what comes up when you search for "restaurants in your area" coming out of there. Or why someone actually would.
- alamortsubite 1y agoAbsolutely, and if you like the Musée des Égouts de Paris, you'll also enjoy the sewer museum in Brussels.
- fouronnes3 1y agoI'm going to swim a 1000m race [0] there tomorrow morning! Wish me luck HN! [0] https://openswimstars.com/paris/ https://openswimstars.com/paris/
- darekkay 1y agoBonne chance!
- wartijn_ 1y agoGood luck!
- IgorPartola 1y agoУдачи!
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- fouronnes3 1y agowell, race is cancelled due to weather :(
- avidphantasm 1y agoYou know that river was bad if they closed it in 1925.
- saltysaltysalty 1y agoCommendable they’ve been able to remove the organic toxins, but I’m left wondering about PFAS, pesticides, microplastics etc?
- greatgib 1y agoAlready closed the day after (today) because of bad quality following a very light rain... This is a political marketing stunt, not to be believed except for idiots that would really go to swim in this disgusting water not knowing about the consequences on themselves that they could expect... Look at what happened to some swimmer athletes during the Olympic games...