{"id":864,"date":"2016-08-03T19:58:50","date_gmt":"2016-08-03T19:58:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.enpress.com\/site\/?p=864"},"modified":"2018-04-27T20:52:23","modified_gmt":"2018-04-27T20:52:23","slug":"olympic-games-draw-attention-water-quality-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.enpress.com\/site\/olympic-games-draw-attention-water-quality-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympic Games Draw Attention to Water Quality Issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A recent article by the Associated Press (AP) headlined <a href=\"http:\/\/bigstory.ap.org\/article\/2c9894db31b74fc081d7f1ee3f0cf673\/expert-rio-athletes-dont-put-your-head-under-water\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Expert to Rio athletes: &#8216;Don&#8217;t put your head under water&#8217;<\/em><\/a>\u00a0details the serious water quality issues surrounding sites\u00a0of the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro where athletes will be swimming, rowing and sailing, along with beaches that thousands of tourists will be visiting.<\/p>\n<p>The report is based on a 16-month-long study of the water quality in Rio de Janeiro commissioned by the AP that revealed a very high\u00a01.73 billion <a href=\"http:\/\/www.news-medical.net\/health\/What-is-an-Adenovirus-Infection.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">adenoviruses<\/a>\u00a0per liter of water in Rio&#8217;s Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon (where Olympic rowing events will take place) back in March 2015, and a lower-but-still-high\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">248 million adenoviruses per liter just two months ago. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>To put that in perspective, the article notes: <em>&#8220;By comparison, in California, viral readings in the thousands per liter set off alarm bells.&#8221;<\/em> And it&#8217;s not just the Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon (though that is one of the most contaminated waterways), <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the AP study discovered\u00a0infectious adenovirus readings at &#8220;nearly 90% of test sites over 16 months of testing&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Rio&#8217;s poor water quality could be potentially dangerous to anyone who gets in the water or even goes on the beach.\u00a0According to the report, <em>&#8220;Not only are some 1,400 athletes at risk of getting violently ill in water competitions, but the AP&#8217;s tests indicate that tourists also face potentially serious health risks on the golden beaches of Ipanema and Copacabana.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>To learn more about the\u00a0results of the Rio water quality study, <a href=\"http:\/\/bigstory.ap.org\/article\/2c9894db31b74fc081d7f1ee3f0cf673\/expert-rio-athletes-dont-put-your-head-under-water\" target=\"_blank\">read\u00a0the full report from the Associated Press here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Water quality issues are in the news once again. 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