The 2016 Olympics - Shouid They Even Be Held?

The more I read about the Rio Olympics, the more I ask myself, why are they even being held?

Should athletes be subjected to such filth?

Or is it all about the money?

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Olympians Will ‘Literally Be Swimming In Human Crap,’ Scientists Say Olympians headed to Rio de Janeiro have already been told to be cautious of the virus Zika. But Olympic swimmers, sailors and windsurfers will have to look out for more than that, because the city’s waters have what health experts are calling a “petri dish of pathogens,” including bacterias that cause diarrhea, vomiting and even death to those with weakened immune systems. “Foreign athletes will literally be swimming in human crap, and they risk getting sick from all those microorganisms,” Dr. Daniel Becker, a local pediatrician who works in poor neighborhoods, told the New York Times. “It’s sad but also worrisome.” Feces from a nearby sewage plant reportedly pours into the water untreated and human and animal dead bodies are found in the water with “upsetting regularity,” according to the San Francisco Chronicle. Read more here.

Rio de Janeiro's waters still infected with human waste with Olympics about to begin | SunHerald

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