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

submitted 1 year 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 1 year ago (1 children)

Lmao paris and it's promises I can't

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 15 points 1 year 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 1 year ago (2 children)

Well guess what paris promised

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Spoiler: it won't be either.

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

I’m almost afraid to ask. What?

[–] Dreyns@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year 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 1 year 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.