BBC Science Focus Article: Olympic marathon swimmers will (very very) likely get diarrhoea, say experts. Here's why

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Expert comment given in BBC Science Focus Article:

“I would never have selected the Seine,” Davey Jones, professor of Environmental science and public health at Bangor University, told BBC Science Focus. “I know it’s iconic, but it also runs through a hugely urbanised area which is always a recipe for disaster when it comes to potential exposure to chemicals or biological pathogens.”
7 Aug 2024