Everyone participating in the Olympic water games will enjoy being number one & two!
Dec 3, 2015, 9:03 am
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Everyone participating in the Olympic water games will enjoy being number one & two!
Dec 3, 2015, 11:58 am
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The world press has become hyper-aware of it because of the Olympics, but it is not a new problem.
It must be at least 10 years ago now that Globo (the major Brazilian media empire) did a report on high fecal coliform levels in the sand at major beaches in Rio and elsewhere in Brazil. (including my favorite beach in Salvador, regular visits to which hasn't killed me yet :-) Most of that bacteria gets into the sand from polluted water.
A couple of years ago, there was a report on the water being polluted in the showers at the postos in the Zona Sul.
Every time there is a heavy, flooding rain, the streets of Rio run with contaminated water.
And now we're hearing about viruses too.
Picking Guanabara Bay, with it's very narrow opening to the sea and long history of pollution, for competitions was not perhaps the wisest though.
It must be at least 10 years ago now that Globo (the major Brazilian media empire) did a report on high fecal coliform levels in the sand at major beaches in Rio and elsewhere in Brazil. (including my favorite beach in Salvador, regular visits to which hasn't killed me yet :-) Most of that bacteria gets into the sand from polluted water.
A couple of years ago, there was a report on the water being polluted in the showers at the postos in the Zona Sul.
Every time there is a heavy, flooding rain, the streets of Rio run with contaminated water.
And now we're hearing about viruses too.
Picking Guanabara Bay, with it's very narrow opening to the sea and long history of pollution, for competitions was not perhaps the wisest though.
Dec 5, 2015, 9:31 am
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Join Date: Oct 2015
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When I lived in Ipanema 20 years ago, I knew the main beaches were often polluted. Many people did, but still went. Barra de Tijuca beaches known as cleaner. Guanabara Bay far worse but some locals still swam there. Treatment of wastewater in Brazil is often seriously lacking. Now with big budget cuts looming, promises of cleaner water may be all that's coming.