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Keep Your Mouth Closed: Aquatic Olympians Face a Toxic Stew in Rio
New York Times ^ | 07/26/16 | Andrew Jacobs

Posted on 07/26/2016 1:19:47 PM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway

RIO DE JANEIRO — Health experts in Brazil have a word of advice for the Olympic marathon swimmers, sailors and windsurfers competing in Rio de Janeiro’s picture-postcard waters next month: Keep your mouth closed. Despite the government’s promises seven years ago to stem the waste that fouls Rio’s expansive Guanabara Bay and the city’s fabled ocean beaches, officials acknowledge that their efforts to treat raw sewage and scoop up household garbage have fallen far short. In fact, environmentalists and scientists say Rio’s waters are much more contaminated than previously thought. Recent tests by government and independent scientists revealed a veritable petri dish of pathogens in many of the city’s waters, from rotaviruses that can cause diarrhea and vomiting to drug-resistant “super bacteria” that can be fatal to people with weakened immune systems. Researchers at the Federal University of Rio also found serious contamination at the upscale beaches of Ipanema and Leblon, where many of the half-million Olympic spectators are expected to frolic between sporting events.

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“Foreign athletes will literally be swimming in human crap, and they risk getting sick from all those microorganisms,” said Dr. Daniel Becker
1 posted on 07/26/2016 1:19:47 PM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: AngelesCrestHighway

OH NOOOOOOOOOOOOEZ !!!


3 posted on 07/26/2016 1:23:21 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: AngelesCrestHighway

Like Naples, Italy when I was there in 1971...

you could smell the stink blocks from the waterfront..


4 posted on 07/26/2016 1:24:49 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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5 posted on 07/26/2016 1:25:18 PM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a Simple Manner for a Happy Life :o)
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6 posted on 07/26/2016 1:25:35 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Tennessee Nana
Just swim around the bodies!
7 posted on 07/26/2016 1:27:08 PM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: dfwgator

Republicans need to pound it home how bad Brazil(e) is.

Send a subtle message to the DNC.


8 posted on 07/26/2016 1:27:45 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Cruz: The best political speech in a generation and we will only remember what he didn't say.)
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To: AngelesCrestHighway

Compare to India, it’s nothing:

http://www.chinasmack.com/2010/pictures/filthy-india-photos-chinese-netizen-reactions.html

(Scroll thru the entire slideshow, if you dare...)


9 posted on 07/26/2016 1:29:24 PM PDT by Carriage Hill ( Peace is that brief glorious moment in history, when everybody stands around reloading.)
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To: dfwgator

If I were in the Olympics in Rio...I’d pass!


10 posted on 07/26/2016 1:29:58 PM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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I wonder who and how much they got to get the Olympics in this city?


11 posted on 07/26/2016 1:32:01 PM PDT by ColdOne (poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~Truth to democrats is like sunlight to vampires!)
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To: AngelesCrestHighway

All aquatic Olympians will be quarantined following their events, hopefully. Brings new meaning to the term “water head” when I think of those stupid/ prideful enough to swim in Brazilian feces in a sham competition for a “gold” medal which is over 90% silver.


12 posted on 07/26/2016 1:32:05 PM PDT by Dirt for sale (QS)
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To: AngelesCrestHighway

If the water gets any thicker the 10,000 meter swim will change to a foot race.


13 posted on 07/26/2016 1:32:12 PM PDT by Rebelbase ( Pokemon is a dark evil bent on consuming our souls.)
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To: carriage_hill

If you dare indeed. I had to stop.


14 posted on 07/26/2016 1:35:38 PM PDT by stevio (God,Guns,Guts.)
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To: carriage_hill

I scrolled through it and thankfully wasn’t eating at my desk...


15 posted on 07/26/2016 1:37:36 PM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: Dirt for sale

Not worth the trip! GAAAK!


16 posted on 07/26/2016 1:39:16 PM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: ColdOne

I wonder who and how much they got to get the Olympics in this city?


Remember Chicago was in the running for these Olympics.

Remember how Obama expanded his carbon footprint, and flew to Copenhagen to personally lobby the Olympic committee??

I still remember how stunned the newsreaders on cable news were, when as the rounds of voting happened, that Chicago was the first city eliminated from consideration.


17 posted on 07/26/2016 1:39:42 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: carriage_hill

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18 posted on 07/26/2016 1:39:59 PM PDT by loungitude (The truth hurts.)
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To: Dirt for sale

Get a gold metal and spend 6 months in the hospital?


19 posted on 07/26/2016 1:40:07 PM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: Dirt for sale

Maybe they should hand out bronze turds instead of gold metals?


20 posted on 07/26/2016 1:41:22 PM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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