Rio de Janeiro's endless beaches and lush tropical forest will be a photographer's dream during the 2016 Olympics. But zoom in on the likes of once-pristine Guanabara Bay, and the picture is of household trash and raw sewage.
In the neon green waters around the site of the future Olympic Park, the average fecal pollution rate is 78 times that of the Brazilian government's "satisfactory" limit -- and 195 times the level considered safe in the U.S. Nearly 70 per cent of Rio's sewage goes untreated, meaning runoff from its many slums and poor neighbourhoods drain into waters soon to host some of the world's best athletes. Unless Brazil makes headway in cleaning up its waters, experts warn the Summer Games could pose health risks to athletes and mar what officials hope will be a global showcase event. Instead of the soaring vistas of Sugarloaf Mountain, the world could instead see old couches in the bay and tons of dead fish floating atop a city lake.
http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/polluted-ne ... -1.1551849And the Olympic Committee thought this was okay? People could get sick or die being on that site or going in the water. What will it take to cancel or move the games to a new country. You can not okay athletes going in water that is not 100% clean. Even 80% is not good enough when you consider what is in there floating around or lying in the bottom.
This is dangerous to everyone and the fact that the clean up is almost non existant should tell them they made a huge mistake with this one. This is worse than Beijing, China's pollution. The IOC needs it's collective head read for their decisions that are putting people in extreme danger. They want Rio so bad, why don't they go jump in the lake, put themselves in the Athletes place. I don't think there are enough shots to protect the athletes, if one person is sick or dies from the Olympic conditions the IOC will have no where to hide and should be charged.