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Paris Olympics aims to be mosquito-free (www.insidethegames.biz)

submitted 8 months ago by zjti8eit@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/science@lemmy.ml

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Is it really as easy as emptying standing water from potted plants and saucers?

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[–] Dreyns@lemmy.ml 20 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Lmao paris and it's promises I can't

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 15 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It reminds me of Rio, when they claimed their polluted water would be clean in time for the athletes to swim in during the Olympics. Spoiler (but not really): it wasn’t.

[–] Dreyns@lemmy.ml 5 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Well guess what paris promised

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Spoiler: it won't be either.

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I’m almost afraid to ask. What?

[–] Dreyns@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 months ago

Let's just say according to sem you'll be able to swim along the ducks and beer bottles

[–] Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml 6 points 8 months ago

I've already been blue-balled on a mass genocide of mosquitos so many times that i'm not going to get my hopes up again.