Catherine Field: Europe Correspondent on the state of the Seine ahead of the Paris Olympics

Published: June 24, 2024, 7:56 p.m.

The river Seine isn't as clean as officials would've hoped ahead of the Paris Olympics.\xa0

Many have expressed concerns over the state of the waterway which will also play a major role in the opening ceremony, where teams will float downstream in barges.\xa0

Europe correspondent Catherine Field told Mike Hosking that there's twice the maximum volume of e-coli in the water.\xa0

She says nearly $2.4 billion has been spent trying to clean up the river in the past decade.\xa0

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