Brazil Olympics: Super-bacteria found in Rio sea waters

(BBC) Researchers in Brazil have discovered a drug-resistant bacteria in the sea waters where sailing and windsurfing events will be held during the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

The "super-bacteria" is usually found in hospital waste and produces an enzyme, KPC, resistant to antibiotics.

Researchers found the bacteria in samples taken from Flamengo beach.

Nearly 70% of sewage in Rio - a city of some 10 million people - is spilled raw into the waters of Guanabara Bay.

The bacteria was found in samples taken from several locations along the Carioca river.

One of the them was at the point where the river flows into the bay on Flamengo beach.

Residents have been told to take extra care. Flamengo beach is frequently declared unfit for swimming, but many people disregard the official warnings.

Full story: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-30490396


-- BBC 2014-12-16

well that's the s#!ts!!!

So anyone capsizing is right in the brown stuff!

Not sure the ocean along Pattaya beaches any better.

It will give the athletes a chance to acclimatise to the much worse radiation poisoning they will encounter at the 2020 games in Tokyo

Damn 3rd world countries polluting the worlds oceans for profits. Where is the UN?

Sounds like a great place to have games. Let's hope they'll clean it up until the Olympics, it's probably not gonna happen, though.

Brazil, Russia, India, China. The hype is over. The crumble and rot gains more ground every day.

Dumping sh*t in water ways, smart!!!

Makes great fertilzer for the land...