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

The Mike Hosking Breakfast

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

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.

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

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

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