Polluted Rio Water Conditions Are 'Perfect' For Sailing, Olympic Windsurfers Say About 2016 Rio Games
Despite reports of Rio de Janeiro’s highly polluted beaches and bays, Olympic sailors claim the waters aren’t as dirty as what's been reported. Rio’s waters have been notorious for pollution. According to a 16-month long study conducted by the Associated Press, water in Rio was found to be highly contaminated with not just garbage, dangerous bacteria and viruses but raw human sewage and corpses too, CBS News reported.