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08-05-2016, 10:02 PM
The Rio Olympics are rife with problems and potential disasters
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When the Rio Olympics are all said and done a couple weeks from **w, they may well be remembered only for the competition and joy they brought to the world.
But right **w, all anyone can talk about is how the water around Rio is toxic sludge and athletes are readying for war with a mosquito-borne virus.*
SEE ALSO: The Australian Olympic team is having a truly garbage time in Rio (http://mashable.com/2016/08/01/australia-olympic-team-rio-curse/)
We've listed some of the biggest problems and potential disasters of this Olympics, below.
The Zika threat
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In this Jan. 18, *photo, a female Aedes aegypti mosquito, k**wn to be a carrier of the Zika virus, sits on the arm of a researcher at the Biomedical Sciences Institute of Sao Paulo University in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Image: AP Photo/Andre Penner Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/05/zika-toxic-water-problems-rio-olympics/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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When the Rio Olympics are all said and done a couple weeks from **w, they may well be remembered only for the competition and joy they brought to the world.
But right **w, all anyone can talk about is how the water around Rio is toxic sludge and athletes are readying for war with a mosquito-borne virus.*
SEE ALSO: The Australian Olympic team is having a truly garbage time in Rio (http://mashable.com/2016/08/01/australia-olympic-team-rio-curse/)
We've listed some of the biggest problems and potential disasters of this Olympics, below.
The Zika threat
http://i.amz.mshcdn.com/0h4FsVRiftZ7xFCL80b8ywmaSF4=/fit-in/575x4096/https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fcard%2Fima ge%2F168500%2FAP_16217672119108.jpg
In this Jan. 18, *photo, a female Aedes aegypti mosquito, k**wn to be a carrier of the Zika virus, sits on the arm of a researcher at the Biomedical Sciences Institute of Sao Paulo University in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Image: AP Photo/Andre Penner Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/05/zika-toxic-water-problems-rio-olympics/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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