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CALCIO - Coppa Italia - SSC Napoli vs Cagliari Calcio

Napoli's Malian midfielder Coli Saco challenges for the ball with Napoli's Brazilian forward David Neres during Coppa Italia round of 16 soccer match between SSC Napoli vs Cagliari at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium in Naples, on December 03, 2025.

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CALCIO - Serie A - SSC Napoli vs Cagliari Calcio

Coli Saco of S.S.C. Napoli particPhoto by IPA/ABACAPRESS.COMtes in the 2nd day of the Serie A Championship between S.S.C. Napoli and Cagliari Calcio at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium on August 30, 2025 in Naples, Italy.

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CALCIO - Serie A - SSC Napoli vs Cagliari Calcio

Coli Saco of S.S.C. Napoli particPhoto by IPA/ABACAPRESS.COMtes in the 2nd day of the Serie A Championship between S.S.C. Napoli and Cagliari Calcio at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium on August 30, 2025 in Naples, Italy.

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- Serie B - SSC Bari vs Mantova 1911

Coli Saco of SSC Bari during SSC Bari - Mantova 1911 during SSC Bari vs Mantova 1911, Italian soccer Serie B match in Bari, Italy, September 14 2024

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- Serie B - SSC Bari vs Mantova 1911

Coli Saco of SSC Bari during SSC Bari - Mantova 1911 during SSC Bari vs Mantova 1911, Italian soccer Serie B match in Bari, Italy, September 14 2024

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- Serie B - SSC Bari vs Mantova 1911

Coli Saco of SSC Bari during SSC Bari - Mantova 1911 during SSC Bari vs Mantova 1911, Italian soccer Serie B match in Bari, Italy, September 14 2024

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- Serie B - SSC Bari vs Mantova 1911

Coli Saco of SSC Bari during SSC Bari - Mantova 1911 during SSC Bari vs Mantova 1911, Italian soccer Serie B match in Bari, Italy, September 14 2024

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Seine River Water Quality Alarming Before Olympics - Paris

Pedestrians walk on the submerged part of the track on the bank during the flood of the Seine in Paris, France on April 10, 2024. A nonprofit focused on waterway conservation has voiced concern about contamination in Paris’s Seine River ahead of open-water swimming events to be held there at the Olympic and Paralympic Games starting in July. The Surfrider Foundation said Monday that testing at a bridge, the Pont Alexandre III, between September and March regularly turned up higher, and sometimes much higher, levels of E. coli and enterococci bacteria than the recommended threshold, which can be an indication of fecal matter. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Seine River Water Quality Alarming Before Olympics - Paris

Pedestrians walk on the submerged part of the track on the bank during the flood of the Seine in Paris, France on April 10, 2024. A nonprofit focused on waterway conservation has voiced concern about contamination in Paris’s Seine River ahead of open-water swimming events to be held there at the Olympic and Paralympic Games starting in July. The Surfrider Foundation said Monday that testing at a bridge, the Pont Alexandre III, between September and March regularly turned up higher, and sometimes much higher, levels of E. coli and enterococci bacteria than the recommended threshold, which can be an indication of fecal matter. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Seine River Water Quality Alarming Before Olympics - Paris

Pedestrians walk on the submerged part of the track on the bank during the flood of the Seine in Paris, France on April 10, 2024. A nonprofit focused on waterway conservation has voiced concern about contamination in Paris’s Seine River ahead of open-water swimming events to be held there at the Olympic and Paralympic Games starting in July. The Surfrider Foundation said Monday that testing at a bridge, the Pont Alexandre III, between September and March regularly turned up higher, and sometimes much higher, levels of E. coli and enterococci bacteria than the recommended threshold, which can be an indication of fecal matter. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Seine River Water Quality Alarming Before Olympics - Paris

A view of garbage in the Seine River as it is overflowing near the Musee d'Orsay in Paris, France on April 10, 2024. A nonprofit focused on waterway conservation has voiced concern about contamination in Paris’s Seine River ahead of open-water swimming events to be held there at the Olympic and Paralympic Games starting in July. The Surfrider Foundation said Monday that testing at a bridge, the Pont Alexandre III, between September and March regularly turned up higher, and sometimes much higher, levels of E. coli and enterococci bacteria than the recommended threshold, which can be an indication of fecal matter. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Seine River Water Quality Alarming Before Olympics - Paris

A view of garbage in the Seine River as it is overflowing in Paris, France on April 10, 2024. A nonprofit focused on waterway conservation has voiced concern about contamination in Paris’s Seine River ahead of open-water swimming events to be held there at the Olympic and Paralympic Games starting in July. The Surfrider Foundation said Monday that testing at a bridge, the Pont Alexandre III, between September and March regularly turned up higher, and sometimes much higher, levels of E. coli and enterococci bacteria than the recommended threshold, which can be an indication of fecal matter. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Seine River Water Quality Alarming Before Olympics - Paris

A view of garbage in the Seine River as it is overflowing in Paris, France on April 10, 2024. A nonprofit focused on waterway conservation has voiced concern about contamination in Paris’s Seine River ahead of open-water swimming events to be held there at the Olympic and Paralympic Games starting in July. The Surfrider Foundation said Monday that testing at a bridge, the Pont Alexandre III, between September and March regularly turned up higher, and sometimes much higher, levels of E. coli and enterococci bacteria than the recommended threshold, which can be an indication of fecal matter. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Seine River Water Quality Alarming Before Olympics - Paris

Runners near the submerged part of the track on the bank during the flood of the Seine in Paris, France on April 10, 2024. A nonprofit focused on waterway conservation has voiced concern about contamination in Paris’s Seine River ahead of open-water swimming events to be held there at the Olympic and Paralympic Games starting in July. The Surfrider Foundation said Monday that testing at a bridge, the Pont Alexandre III, between September and March regularly turned up higher, and sometimes much higher, levels of E. coli and enterococci bacteria than the recommended threshold, which can be an indication of fecal matter. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Seine River Water Quality Alarming Before Olympics - Paris

A view of garbage in the Seine River as it is overflowing near the Musee d'Orsay in Paris, France on April 10, 2024. A nonprofit focused on waterway conservation has voiced concern about contamination in Paris’s Seine River ahead of open-water swimming events to be held there at the Olympic and Paralympic Games starting in July. The Surfrider Foundation said Monday that testing at a bridge, the Pont Alexandre III, between September and March regularly turned up higher, and sometimes much higher, levels of E. coli and enterococci bacteria than the recommended threshold, which can be an indication of fecal matter. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Seine River Water Quality Alarming Before Olympics - Paris

A view of the Seine River as it is overflowing in Paris, France on April 10, 2024. A nonprofit focused on waterway conservation has voiced concern about contamination in Paris’s Seine River ahead of open-water swimming events to be held there at the Olympic and Paralympic Games starting in July. The Surfrider Foundation said Monday that testing at a bridge, the Pont Alexandre III, between September and March regularly turned up higher, and sometimes much higher, levels of E. coli and enterococci bacteria than the recommended threshold, which can be an indication of fecal matter. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Seine River Water Quality Alarming Before Olympics - Paris

Runners near the submerged part of the track on the bank during the flood of the Seine in Paris, France on April 10, 2024. A nonprofit focused on waterway conservation has voiced concern about contamination in Paris’s Seine River ahead of open-water swimming events to be held there at the Olympic and Paralympic Games starting in July. The Surfrider Foundation said Monday that testing at a bridge, the Pont Alexandre III, between September and March regularly turned up higher, and sometimes much higher, levels of E. coli and enterococci bacteria than the recommended threshold, which can be an indication of fecal matter. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Seine River Water Quality Alarming Before Olympics - Paris

A view of garbage in the Seine River as it is overflowing in Paris, France on April 10, 2024. A nonprofit focused on waterway conservation has voiced concern about contamination in Paris’s Seine River ahead of open-water swimming events to be held there at the Olympic and Paralympic Games starting in July. The Surfrider Foundation said Monday that testing at a bridge, the Pont Alexandre III, between September and March regularly turned up higher, and sometimes much higher, levels of E. coli and enterococci bacteria than the recommended threshold, which can be an indication of fecal matter. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Seine River Water Quality Alarming Before Olympics - Paris

A view of garbage in the Seine River as it is overflowing near the Musee d'Orsay in Paris, France on April 10, 2024. A nonprofit focused on waterway conservation has voiced concern about contamination in Paris’s Seine River ahead of open-water swimming events to be held there at the Olympic and Paralympic Games starting in July. The Surfrider Foundation said Monday that testing at a bridge, the Pont Alexandre III, between September and March regularly turned up higher, and sometimes much higher, levels of E. coli and enterococci bacteria than the recommended threshold, which can be an indication of fecal matter. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Seine River Water Quality Alarming Before Olympics - Paris

A view of the Seine River, with Notre Dame cathedral in the background, as it is overflowing in Paris, France on April 10, 2024. A nonprofit focused on waterway conservation has voiced concern about contamination in Paris’s Seine River ahead of open-water swimming events to be held there at the Olympic and Paralympic Games starting in July. The Surfrider Foundation said Monday that testing at a bridge, the Pont Alexandre III, between September and March regularly turned up higher, and sometimes much higher, levels of E. coli and enterococci bacteria than the recommended threshold, which can be an indication of fecal matter. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Seine River Water Quality Alarming Before Olympics - Paris

A view of the Seine River as it is overflowing in Paris, France on April 10, 2024. A nonprofit focused on waterway conservation has voiced concern about contamination in Paris’s Seine River ahead of open-water swimming events to be held there at the Olympic and Paralympic Games starting in July. The Surfrider Foundation said Monday that testing at a bridge, the Pont Alexandre III, between September and March regularly turned up higher, and sometimes much higher, levels of E. coli and enterococci bacteria than the recommended threshold, which can be an indication of fecal matter. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Seine River Water Quality Alarming Before Olympics - Paris

A view of the Seine River, with Notre Dame cathedral in the background, as it is overflowing in Paris, France on April 10, 2024. A nonprofit focused on waterway conservation has voiced concern about contamination in Paris’s Seine River ahead of open-water swimming events to be held there at the Olympic and Paralympic Games starting in July. The Surfrider Foundation said Monday that testing at a bridge, the Pont Alexandre III, between September and March regularly turned up higher, and sometimes much higher, levels of E. coli and enterococci bacteria than the recommended threshold, which can be an indication of fecal matter. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Seine River Water Quality Alarming Before Olympics - Paris

A view of garbage in the Seine River as it is overflowing in Paris, France on April 10, 2024. A nonprofit focused on waterway conservation has voiced concern about contamination in Paris’s Seine River ahead of open-water swimming events to be held there at the Olympic and Paralympic Games starting in July. The Surfrider Foundation said Monday that testing at a bridge, the Pont Alexandre III, between September and March regularly turned up higher, and sometimes much higher, levels of E. coli and enterococci bacteria than the recommended threshold, which can be an indication of fecal matter. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Seine River Water Quality Alarming Before Olympics - Paris

A view of the Seine River, with Notre Dame cathedral in the background, as it is overflowing in Paris, France on April 10, 2024. A nonprofit focused on waterway conservation has voiced concern about contamination in Paris’s Seine River ahead of open-water swimming events to be held there at the Olympic and Paralympic Games starting in July. The Surfrider Foundation said Monday that testing at a bridge, the Pont Alexandre III, between September and March regularly turned up higher, and sometimes much higher, levels of E. coli and enterococci bacteria than the recommended threshold, which can be an indication of fecal matter. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Seine River Water Quality Alarming Before Olympics - Paris

A view of the Seine River as it is overflowing in Paris, France on April 10, 2024. A nonprofit focused on waterway conservation has voiced concern about contamination in Paris’s Seine River ahead of open-water swimming events to be held there at the Olympic and Paralympic Games starting in July. The Surfrider Foundation said Monday that testing at a bridge, the Pont Alexandre III, between September and March regularly turned up higher, and sometimes much higher, levels of E. coli and enterococci bacteria than the recommended threshold, which can be an indication of fecal matter. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Seine River Water Quality Alarming Before Olympics - Paris

A view of the Seine River as it is overflowing in Paris, France on April 10, 2024. A nonprofit focused on waterway conservation has voiced concern about contamination in Paris’s Seine River ahead of open-water swimming events to be held there at the Olympic and Paralympic Games starting in July. The Surfrider Foundation said Monday that testing at a bridge, the Pont Alexandre III, between September and March regularly turned up higher, and sometimes much higher, levels of E. coli and enterococci bacteria than the recommended threshold, which can be an indication of fecal matter. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Seine River Water Quality Alarming Before Olympics - Paris

A view of the Seine River, with Notre Dame cathedral in the background, as it is overflowing in Paris, France on April 10, 2024. A nonprofit focused on waterway conservation has voiced concern about contamination in Paris’s Seine River ahead of open-water swimming events to be held there at the Olympic and Paralympic Games starting in July. The Surfrider Foundation said Monday that testing at a bridge, the Pont Alexandre III, between September and March regularly turned up higher, and sometimes much higher, levels of E. coli and enterococci bacteria than the recommended threshold, which can be an indication of fecal matter. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Seine River Water Quality Alarming Before Olympics - Paris

A view of garbage in the Seine River as it is overflowing in Paris, France on April 10, 2024. A nonprofit focused on waterway conservation has voiced concern about contamination in Paris’s Seine River ahead of open-water swimming events to be held there at the Olympic and Paralympic Games starting in July. The Surfrider Foundation said Monday that testing at a bridge, the Pont Alexandre III, between September and March regularly turned up higher, and sometimes much higher, levels of E. coli and enterococci bacteria than the recommended threshold, which can be an indication of fecal matter. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Seine River Water Quality Alarming Before Olympics - Paris

A view of the Seine River as it is overflowing in Paris, France on April 10, 2024. A nonprofit focused on waterway conservation has voiced concern about contamination in Paris’s Seine River ahead of open-water swimming events to be held there at the Olympic and Paralympic Games starting in July. The Surfrider Foundation said Monday that testing at a bridge, the Pont Alexandre III, between September and March regularly turned up higher, and sometimes much higher, levels of E. coli and enterococci bacteria than the recommended threshold, which can be an indication of fecal matter. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Seine River Water Quality Alarming Before Olympics - Paris

A view of the Seine River, with Notre Dame cathedral in the background, as it is overflowing in Paris, France on April 10, 2024. A nonprofit focused on waterway conservation has voiced concern about contamination in Paris’s Seine River ahead of open-water swimming events to be held there at the Olympic and Paralympic Games starting in July. The Surfrider Foundation said Monday that testing at a bridge, the Pont Alexandre III, between September and March regularly turned up higher, and sometimes much higher, levels of E. coli and enterococci bacteria than the recommended threshold, which can be an indication of fecal matter. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Seine River Water Quality Alarming Before Olympics - Paris

A view of the Seine River, with Notre Dame cathedral in the background, as it is overflowing in Paris, France on April 10, 2024. A nonprofit focused on waterway conservation has voiced concern about contamination in Paris’s Seine River ahead of open-water swimming events to be held there at the Olympic and Paralympic Games starting in July. The Surfrider Foundation said Monday that testing at a bridge, the Pont Alexandre III, between September and March regularly turned up higher, and sometimes much higher, levels of E. coli and enterococci bacteria than the recommended threshold, which can be an indication of fecal matter. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Seine River Water Quality Alarming Before Olympics - Paris

A view of the Seine River, with Notre Dame cathedral in the background, as it is overflowing in Paris, France on April 10, 2024. A nonprofit focused on waterway conservation has voiced concern about contamination in Paris’s Seine River ahead of open-water swimming events to be held there at the Olympic and Paralympic Games starting in July. The Surfrider Foundation said Monday that testing at a bridge, the Pont Alexandre III, between September and March regularly turned up higher, and sometimes much higher, levels of E. coli and enterococci bacteria than the recommended threshold, which can be an indication of fecal matter. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Seine River Water Quality Alarming Before Olympics - Paris

A view of the Seine River, with Notre Dame cathedral in the background, as it is overflowing in Paris, France on April 10, 2024. A nonprofit focused on waterway conservation has voiced concern about contamination in Paris’s Seine River ahead of open-water swimming events to be held there at the Olympic and Paralympic Games starting in July. The Surfrider Foundation said Monday that testing at a bridge, the Pont Alexandre III, between September and March regularly turned up higher, and sometimes much higher, levels of E. coli and enterococci bacteria than the recommended threshold, which can be an indication of fecal matter. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Seine River Water Quality Alarming Before Olympics - Paris

Pedestrians walk on the submerged part of the track on the bank during the flood of the Seine in Paris, France on April 10, 2024. A nonprofit focused on waterway conservation has voiced concern about contamination in Paris’s Seine River ahead of open-water swimming events to be held there at the Olympic and Paralympic Games starting in July. The Surfrider Foundation said Monday that testing at a bridge, the Pont Alexandre III, between September and March regularly turned up higher, and sometimes much higher, levels of E. coli and enterococci bacteria than the recommended threshold, which can be an indication of fecal matter. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Seine River Water Quality Alarming Before Olympics - Paris

A view of the Seine River as it is overflowing in Paris, France on April 10, 2024. A nonprofit focused on waterway conservation has voiced concern about contamination in Paris’s Seine River ahead of open-water swimming events to be held there at the Olympic and Paralympic Games starting in July. The Surfrider Foundation said Monday that testing at a bridge, the Pont Alexandre III, between September and March regularly turned up higher, and sometimes much higher, levels of E. coli and enterococci bacteria than the recommended threshold, which can be an indication of fecal matter. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Seine River Water Quality Alarming Before Olympics - Paris

A view of the Seine River, with the Grand Palais in the background, as it is overflowing in Paris, France on April 10, 2024. A nonprofit focused on waterway conservation has voiced concern about contamination in Paris’s Seine River ahead of open-water swimming events to be held there at the Olympic and Paralympic Games starting in July. The Surfrider Foundation said Monday that testing at a bridge, the Pont Alexandre III, between September and March regularly turned up higher, and sometimes much higher, levels of E. coli and enterococci bacteria than the recommended threshold, which can be an indication of fecal matter. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Seine River Water Quality Alarming Before Olympics - Paris

A view of the Seine River, with the Grand Palais in the background, as it is overflowing in Paris, France on April 10, 2024. A nonprofit focused on waterway conservation has voiced concern about contamination in Paris’s Seine River ahead of open-water swimming events to be held there at the Olympic and Paralympic Games starting in July. The Surfrider Foundation said Monday that testing at a bridge, the Pont Alexandre III, between September and March regularly turned up higher, and sometimes much higher, levels of E. coli and enterococci bacteria than the recommended threshold, which can be an indication of fecal matter. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Seine River Water Quality Alarming Before Olympics - Paris

A view of the Seine River, with the Grand Palais in the background, as it is overflowing in Paris, France on April 10, 2024. A nonprofit focused on waterway conservation has voiced concern about contamination in Paris’s Seine River ahead of open-water swimming events to be held there at the Olympic and Paralympic Games starting in July. The Surfrider Foundation said Monday that testing at a bridge, the Pont Alexandre III, between September and March regularly turned up higher, and sometimes much higher, levels of E. coli and enterococci bacteria than the recommended threshold, which can be an indication of fecal matter. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Seine River Water Quality Alarming Before Olympics - Paris

Pedestrians walk on the submerged part of the track on the bank during the flood of the Seine in Paris, France on April 10, 2024. A nonprofit focused on waterway conservation has voiced concern about contamination in Paris’s Seine River ahead of open-water swimming events to be held there at the Olympic and Paralympic Games starting in July. The Surfrider Foundation said Monday that testing at a bridge, the Pont Alexandre III, between September and March regularly turned up higher, and sometimes much higher, levels of E. coli and enterococci bacteria than the recommended threshold, which can be an indication of fecal matter. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Seine River Water Quality Alarming Before Olympics - Paris

Pedestrians walk on the submerged part of the track on the bank during the flood of the Seine in Paris, France on April 10, 2024. A nonprofit focused on waterway conservation has voiced concern about contamination in Paris’s Seine River ahead of open-water swimming events to be held there at the Olympic and Paralympic Games starting in July. The Surfrider Foundation said Monday that testing at a bridge, the Pont Alexandre III, between September and March regularly turned up higher, and sometimes much higher, levels of E. coli and enterococci bacteria than the recommended threshold, which can be an indication of fecal matter. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Seine River Water Quality Alarming Before Olympics - Paris

Pedestrians walk on the submerged part of the track on the bank during the flood of the Seine in Paris, France on April 10, 2024. A nonprofit focused on waterway conservation has voiced concern about contamination in Paris’s Seine River ahead of open-water swimming events to be held there at the Olympic and Paralympic Games starting in July. The Surfrider Foundation said Monday that testing at a bridge, the Pont Alexandre III, between September and March regularly turned up higher, and sometimes much higher, levels of E. coli and enterococci bacteria than the recommended threshold, which can be an indication of fecal matter. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Seine River Water Quality Alarming Before Olympics - Paris

Pedestrians walk on the submerged part of the track on the bank during the flood of the Seine in Paris, France on April 10, 2024. A nonprofit focused on waterway conservation has voiced concern about contamination in Paris’s Seine River ahead of open-water swimming events to be held there at the Olympic and Paralympic Games starting in July. The Surfrider Foundation said Monday that testing at a bridge, the Pont Alexandre III, between September and March regularly turned up higher, and sometimes much higher, levels of E. coli and enterococci bacteria than the recommended threshold, which can be an indication of fecal matter. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Seine River Water Quality Alarming Before Olympics - Paris

Pedestrians walk on the submerged part of the track on the bank during the flood of the Seine in Paris, France on April 10, 2024. A nonprofit focused on waterway conservation has voiced concern about contamination in Paris’s Seine River ahead of open-water swimming events to be held there at the Olympic and Paralympic Games starting in July. The Surfrider Foundation said Monday that testing at a bridge, the Pont Alexandre III, between September and March regularly turned up higher, and sometimes much higher, levels of E. coli and enterococci bacteria than the recommended threshold, which can be an indication of fecal matter. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Seine River Water Quality Alarming Before Olympics - Paris

Pedestrians walk on the submerged part of the track on the bank during the flood of the Seine in Paris, France on April 10, 2024. A nonprofit focused on waterway conservation has voiced concern about contamination in Paris’s Seine River ahead of open-water swimming events to be held there at the Olympic and Paralympic Games starting in July. The Surfrider Foundation said Monday that testing at a bridge, the Pont Alexandre III, between September and March regularly turned up higher, and sometimes much higher, levels of E. coli and enterococci bacteria than the recommended threshold, which can be an indication of fecal matter. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Restaurants to be banned from serving raw beef liver

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken March 30, 2012, shows blocks of raw beef liver at a restaurant in Tokyo's Shimbashi district. A health ministry panel compiled plans the same day to legally ban restaurants from serving raw beef liver, following the discovery that it contains the O-157 strain of E. coli bacteria. Raw liver is considered a delicacy in Japan.

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Restaurants to be banned from serving raw beef liver

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken March 30, 2012, shows sliced raw beef liver served at a restaurant in Tokyo's Shimbashi district. A health ministry panel compiled plans the same day to legally ban restaurants from serving raw beef liver, following the discovery that it contains the O-157 strain of E. coli bacteria. Raw liver is considered a delicacy in Japan.

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Restaurants to be banned from serving raw beef liver

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken March 30, 2012, shows sliced raw beef liver (front) served at a restaurant in Tokyo's Shimbashi district. A health ministry panel compiled plans the same day to legally ban restaurants from serving raw beef liver, following the discovery that it contains the O-157 strain of E. coli bacteria. Raw liver is considered a delicacy in Japan.

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Hitachi develops portable gene-analyzing germ detector

TOKYO, Japan - Hitachi Ltd. has developed a portable germ detector (in photo) which can detect germs such as E. coli bacteria within an extremely short period of time through gene analysis and will start selling it next spring, the company said at a press conference on Oct. 12. The device, which consists of a 4.5-kilogram collector and a 23-kg analytical instrument, can detect such germs in about 40 minutes to 2 hours, compared to the current times of about one week by incubation and half a day by gene analysis, Hitachi said.

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Ruling ordering state compensation in O-157 case upheld

OSAKA, Japan - Yoshinori Minamino (L), eldest son of Hajimu Minamino who sued the state for compensation in connection with a 1996 outbreak of food poisoning, speaks to reporters in Osaka's Kita Ward on Feb. 19. The Osaka High Court upheld a ruling ordering the state to pay Minamino 6 million yen for erroneously saying his white radish sprouts were the probable cause of the food poisoning caused by E. coli bacteria.

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High court orders gov't to redress radish sprout growers

TOKYO, Japan - Mamoru Fueki (R), representing the Japan kaiware (radish sprouts) association, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on May 21 after the Tokyo High Court ordered the state to payy some 16.9 million yen in compensation to the growers of white radish sprouts for branding the vegetable as a likely cause of a fatal outbreak of food poisoning caused by the O-157 strain of E. coli bacteria in 1996.