Paris cleans up the Seine for 2024 Summer Olympics events

Swimming in the Seine was banned in 1923 due to high levels of pollution in the water. Now, a century later, city officials have reportedly spent over $1 billion to clean up the river ahead of next summer’s Olympics in Paris. The World’s Bianca Hillier reports on how they’ve done.

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