Coastal Pollution
Article: Note to Olympic Sailors: Don’t Fall in Rio’s Water
Summary: Brazil is hosting the 2016 Summer Games, all water sports will have to take place in their Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro, but the water is absolutely filthy. It reeks of sewage and has remains of dead animals as well as other hurdles of trash. Brazil is now being criticized for the area they would ideally like to use as a postcard picture, being so filthy. Due to numerous reasons such as corruption etc, the government has not been able to clean up the water.
Commentary: Brazil needs to get on this and quickly. The longer they take to clean up their water the worse it will get and the more damage the pollution will do. Not only is it unsafe for athletes that will be competing in the 2016 Summer Games, but it is bad for the marine life that live in this dirty water. Rio should assign volunteers to collect any garbage from the water. They should then block off the area as a dumping site and penalize anyone that continues to dump into the water. Then finally they should put in place laws that prevent the water from being polluted due to a human cause.
Summary: Brazil is hosting the 2016 Summer Games, all water sports will have to take place in their Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro, but the water is absolutely filthy. It reeks of sewage and has remains of dead animals as well as other hurdles of trash. Brazil is now being criticized for the area they would ideally like to use as a postcard picture, being so filthy. Due to numerous reasons such as corruption etc, the government has not been able to clean up the water.
Commentary: Brazil needs to get on this and quickly. The longer they take to clean up their water the worse it will get and the more damage the pollution will do. Not only is it unsafe for athletes that will be competing in the 2016 Summer Games, but it is bad for the marine life that live in this dirty water. Rio should assign volunteers to collect any garbage from the water. They should then block off the area as a dumping site and penalize anyone that continues to dump into the water. Then finally they should put in place laws that prevent the water from being polluted due to a human cause.