Olympic Groups To Monitor Brazil's Polluted Waters

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Olympic sports federations will be monitoring efforts to clean up the polluted waters around Rio de Janeiro to prevent health risks to athletes at the 2016 Games. FINA, the world governing body of swimming, said Friday its sports medicine committee would check water conditions before the games. In data obtained by the AP, the measurement of fecal coliform bacteria in Copacabana went up 16 times above the Brazilian government's satisfactory level as recently as three weeks ago. The Rodrigo de Freitas, the venue for rowing and canoeing located in the heart of the city, experiences periodic fish die-offs that leave thousands floating in the briny lake. Matt Smith, executive director of rowing's world governing body, said Rio officials blame heavy rains and the city's sewer system for the dead fish. Cleaning the water could add to delays in preparing for the games, which will cost about $15 billion in public and private money. The 2008 Beijing Olympics were marked by choking air pollution, a setback for a government that tried to use the games to portray China as a rising, prosperous world power. The Rio state's INEA environmental agency has classified nearly all the 13 bayside beaches it monitors as "terrible" for 12 years running due to high levels of fecal bacteria.

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