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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i thought he sent the buffarilla.
I still remember that too.....good times! LOL.
Our caution to flight crews was “go to the beach but don’t go in the water!” Rio was and still is an unsafe town, even in broad daylight. Many scams, and some just plain assaults, to relieve one of their property.
From our hotel, the Sheraton on the beach, we could see the raw sewage flowing into the ocean from a point just south of a very busy beach. Had an F/A murdered in his room during a layover. Long, sad story.
You seem to have a lock on "stupid" people don't you?
I find you very disturbing...........
Hilarious!
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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.
The land selected to build the proposed Chicago Olympic Village is owned by Valerie Jarrett. There is currently low income (Ghetto) housing on the site..which would have been torn down and the residents displaced, when the land was sold to build the village. That is why she dispatched Rochester to Copenhagen...to secure the votes. Val would have made an absolute fortune.
That is funny!!! I plan to use it when the time is right.
With your permission.
By all means, yes.
What were you searching for when you found that website? Truly the most repulsive thing I’ve seen since Michelle Obama’s speech yesterday.
Kids splash in water
Mother screams loud in horror
“That’s no Baby Ruth”!
I was Googling the Indian Grand Prix race, a couple years ago. I found it in the YouTube r/s sidebar link list. That place was never on my bucket list of travels, and now I remember why.
Get over yourself. Better still, go to Brazil.
Just trying to weed out the trash.....
So really, this is Obama’s fault
Maybe contract a lifetime disease...
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