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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Tests show Paris' Seine River still has unsafe E. coli levels with Olympics less than a month away

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Unsafe levels of E. coli have been found in the Seine River for the third consecutive week, according to test results published Friday, less than a month before the Paris Olympics.

The test results by monitoring group Eau de Paris reveal contamination levels consistently above the safe limit of 900 colony-forming units per 100 milliliters determined by the World Triathlon Federation for competitions.

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