Category: Environment
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Swim Safe Europe Video Showcases New Era for European Aquatics
European Aquatics is proud to unveil the video for Swim Safe Europe, the newly rebranded Learn to Swim initiative aimed at transforming water safety education across the continent. The video provides context as to the change that reflects our commitment to enhancing water competence and safety for communities everywhere. The rebranding to Swim Safe Europe…
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Historic Swim Around Little Cayman Highlights Urgency of Climate Change | Cayman Compass
After swimming 24 miles, encountering everything from jellyfish to sharks and nearing dehydration in the waters off Little Cayman, Sydne Didier said the experience was all worth it. Didier, 53, from Massachusetts, pushed her body to its limits with the desire to spread awareness on climate change. “I’ve seen coral change, rising sea temperatures, and…
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Dewey Beach in Delaware Temporarily Closed to Swimming Due to Medical Waste | 6abc Philadelphia
Dewey Beach in Delaware temporarily closed to swimming due to medical waste
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How AI Is Helping Keep Swimmers Safe at England’s Beaches | Reuters
At a popular wild swimming spot in southern England, artificial intelligence is helping keep people safe by providing real-time water quality warnings to alert swimmers of potential health risks associated with polluted water.
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Is It Safe to Swim in the River Seine? | BBC Global
France invested $1.5 billion (£1.2bn) to clean up Paris’ River Seine, but tests show that it is unsafe to swim after heavy rains. Does this mean that the money went down the drain – figuratively and literally? BBC senior journalist Petra Zivic interviewed Dan Angelescu, the founder of Fluidion, a company monitoring water quality in…
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Why Long Distance Swimming Is So Dangerous (It’s Not Just The Poop Water) | Real Science
Why Long Distance Swimming is So Dangerous (Its not just the poop water)
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Was Swimming In The River Seine Ever Going To Be Safe? | The World | ABC News (Australia)
The latest Olympic swimming event in Paris’ River Seine has gone ahead after organisers said water quality tests showed it was clean enough. But multiple athletes have fallen ill after taking part in previous events. Dr. Primrose Freestone, an associate professor in clinical microbiology at the University of Leicester, tells The World the levels of…
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Marathon Swimming Training Cancelled Over Water Quality Concerns In Paris | CP24
Infectious diseases specialist Dr. Isaac Bogoch says it is all too easy for athletes to be exposed to pollutants in the Seine.
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Paris’ Worst Fears As Olympic Athlete Hospitalised After Swimming In The River Seine | news.com.au
Paris organisers’ worst fears have materialised as multiple athletes have fallen seriously ill after competing in the triathlon events held in the Seine River.