With fewer than 100 days left until the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro there is still growing concern regarding the open water races to be held in Guanabara Bay and off of nearby Copacabana Beach.
Lynne Cox, famed open-water swimmer, became the most recent individual to wave a red flag at the conditions today by authoring an opinion piece for the New York Times titled  “Olympians Shouldn’t Swim Through Sewage.”  Cox draws in research and reports from virologist Dr. Fernando Rosado Spilki and expert in risk management for waterborne viruses Kristina Mena, whose findings paint a dim picture for those hoping to participate in the open water competition.
After Dr. Spilki was commissioned by The Associated Press to test the water conditions at all of the competition sites, Mena was asked to examine his results. She predicted that it would only take three teaspoons of water from the bay for the athletes to have a 99% chance of infection.
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