The ban on access to water on Beau Rivage, Centenaire and Le Galet beaches in Nice has been lifted, as have the red (prohibiting swimming) and purple (indicating pollution) flags which have been lowered, indicates the
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Carried out by the nautical brigade, the analyzes carried out in recent hours have proved to be reassuring.
Any risk to the health of swimmers is ruled out.
Saturday, around 3:30 p.m., access to the water had been prohibited and the police came to take the bathers out of the water.
The water quality was unsuitable for swimming.
The reason, a new pollution of hydrocarbons coming from the Paillon which was led to the sea by the heavy rainfall which fell on the Alpes-Maritimes on Friday afternoon.
Two weeks earlier, on Monday July 18, bathing on the beaches of Centenaire and Beau Rivage had also been prohibited by an oil slick which was discovered at the mouth of the river and extending over 100 meters in length and 10 meters wide, about thirty meters from the shore.
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