Pollution in Belgrade stops Danube marathon swim

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German chemist Andreas Fath decided to stop his swim down the Danube in Belgrade because the river was too polluted.

Fath wanted to swim down the Danube from Vienna collecting water samples along the way as part of the Clean Danube project. His swimming marathon was stopped in Belgrade after a laboratory analysis of the water in the Serbian capital showed high pollution levels. Fath’s team from Vienna University followed him with a mobile laboratory.

A member of the team said that Fath decided not to risk possible negative effects to his immune system, adding that he will travel through Belgrade on the boat. The team member warned that waste waters in Belgrade are not being processed but are released into the Danube.

A 2019 study by Vienna University experts showed that the Danube was highly polluted by feces in Serbia, Romania and Bulgaria with especially high levels in Novi Sad and Belgrade. Deputy Mayor Goran Vesic said that sewage was released into rivers running through Belgrade in 100 locations.