Olympians face the prospect of sailing and swimming through sewage infested waters at the Rio 2016 Games that will get underway next month.
The controversy first reared its ugly head last summer, when a report revealed that raw sewage flows directly into major bodies of water near the venues where the competition will take place, and that viruses linked to human sewage were present at levels up to 1.7 million times higher than that considered alarming in the USA and Europe.
Olympics 2016 rowers to face feces-filled Rio waters
Gross.
The controversy first reared its ugly head last summer, when a report revealed that raw sewage flows directly into major bodies of water near the venues where the competition will take place, and that viruses linked to human sewage were present at levels up to 1.7 million times higher than that considered alarming in the USA and Europe.
Olympics 2016 rowers to face feces-filled Rio waters
Gross.