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July 27, 2016 at
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Athletes at Rio Olympics 'will literally be swimming in human crap'
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Seven years ago the Rio de Janeiro government promised to clean up the water before the 2016 Olympics.
Not only did they fail to clean it up -- it has actually gotten worse.
According to the New York Times, recent tests by government and independent scientists have found the city's waters to be full of diarrhea-causing rotaviruses and drug-resistant "super bacteria," among other pathogens.
This is the same water in which Olympians will sail, windsurf and -- yes -- swim starting on Aug. 5.
"Foreign athletes will literally be swimming in human crap, and they risk getting sick from all those microorganisms," local pediatrician Dr. Daniel Becker told the Times. "It's sad, but also worrisome."
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Seven years ago the Rio de Janeiro government promised to clean up the water before the 2016 Olympics.
Not only did they fail to clean it up -- it has actually gotten worse.
According to the New York Times, recent tests by government and independent scientists have found the city's waters to be full of diarrhea-causing rotaviruses and drug-resistant "super bacteria," among other pathogens.
This is the same water in which Olympians will sail, windsurf and -- yes -- swim starting on Aug. 5.
"Foreign athletes will literally be swimming in human crap, and they risk getting sick from all those microorganisms," local pediatrician Dr. Daniel Becker told the Times. "It's sad, but also worrisome."
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The recent photos, taken by the Australian Associated Press, show rampant pollution along the banks of Rio's Guanabara Bay. In an interview with the AAP [go.com], Australian sailor Mat Belcher, who's been navigating the waters in preparation for the games, said he's encountered all manners of debris along the course. He's claims that he's even spotted some dead animals.
"There's all sorts of rubbish," Belcher told the AAP. "Dead animals, furniture, plastic bags, a lot of coke cans."
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no wonder all the viruses from them breeding in polluted water
Mainly due to the economic downturn and the lack of police enforcement.
The BBC reports [bbc.com] that Sao Paulo was a kidnapping hotspot. In 2002, the network says that there was a kidnapping in the city every 27 hours. As a result, local officials set up a "special anti-kidnap division" which helped authorities to crack down on the problem.
This kidnapping comes a week after New Zealand Olympic athlete Jason Lee was held a hostage at a home he's renting in preparation for the games, reported the Sydney Morning Herald. [com.au] Lee, a jiu-jitsu champion, [facebook.com] says his hostage-takers were dressed as police and forced him to withdraw money from two ATM machines.
Brazil is also facing political and economic turmoil as the country prepares to host the 2016 Olympic games in August.