Rio's waters so full of human sewage, Olympic swimmers told to keep their mouths closed

[Eugene]

Source: San Francisco Chronicle

Rio's waters so full of human sewage, Olympic swimmers told to keep their mouths closed

By Katie Dowd Updated 11:44 am, Wednesday, July 27, 2016

Germaphobes may want to stop reading right now.

Despite years of cleanup attempts, health experts say the waters off Rio are so disgusting, Olympic marathon swimmers, sailors and windsurfers will "literally be swimming in human crap."

A battery of tests by government and independent scientists recently revealed that seven years of cleanup attempts have done little to disinfect the petri dish of Guanabara Bay. The New York Times reports that viruses that cause diarrhea are in the waters, as well as a "superbacteria that can be fatal to people with weakened immune systems."

As a result, scientists have advised Olympians interacting with the bay to keep their mouths closed to avoid ingesting the water.

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Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/olympics/article/Rio-olympics-water-Guanabara-Bay-sewage-bacteria-8466203.php

[RockaFowler]

1. Ugh

It's horrible that this area got the Olympics over 6 years ago and they don't even seem like they tried to clean up their act.

This place is so corrupt. I feel so bad for all of the athletes.

[4lbs]

2. Rio should have never won the bidding.

The IOC probably wishes they had chosen Chicago or Madrid.


Whatever made them think that Brazil had the will, the money, and the infrastructure in place to host such a massive undertaking is beyond me.

[rocktivity]

3. Could the marathon swimmers do, like,

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a thousand laps in the indoor regulation Olympic pool?


rocktivity