POLLUTION

With less than 140 days left until the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil, it appears as if the worst is yet to come. According to The Guardian, "13 of the 40-strong US rowing team came down with stomach illness at the world junior championships in Rio last August – a test event for next year's Olympics – with the team's doctor expressing suspicions it was because of pollution in the lagoon where the competition took place." The waters of Marina da Gloria in Rio de Janeiro, where athletic swimmers will be competing, are contaminated with bacteria from human sewage.