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Article

29 Jul 2016

Author:
Mario Osava, IPS

Brazil: Rio Olympics will allegedly fail meet commitments to clean water; fishermen suffer with contamination

“No Medals for Sanitation at Rio Olympics”, 27 July 2016

...The opportunity...to...clean up of Rio’s emblematic Guanabara bay and its lagoons has been lost...[which]...was part of the proposal which won the city the right to host the 2016 Summer Olympics...[O]nly half the Brazilian population has access to piped water, and only a small proportion...is treated...[The]...Jacarepaguá lagoon...[has]...not...been adequately treated...Most of the...athletes and spectators...will arrive...at Antonio Carlos Jobim international airport...Planes touch down here on the edge of one of the most polluted parts of Guanabara bay...The airport...is close to canals  taking untreated effluent and rubbish from millions of people...Fundão canal...is full of raw sewage and bad smells in spite of recent dredging,...it is still connected to the polluted Cunha canal. Five rivers converge in the Cunha canal after crossing…populated areas including…“favelas”…and industrial zones…Pollution of the…[Guanabara]…bay is exacerbated by oil spills. There is a refinery and petrochemical hub on…[its]...banks…;…crisscrossed by pipes carrying crude oil, refinery subproducts and natural gas…“…[F]isherfolk are the ones who suffer most from the consequences of pollution…; but we are not listened to, we are…threatened with extinction,” said Souza dos Santos…

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