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This has so many myopic statements it’s hard to pick one, so I’m going to randomly choose... ocean bathing... Recall that Brazil is where the United Nations ha
by b_tterc_p 7y ago
This has so many myopic statements it’s hard to pick one, so I’m going to randomly choose... ocean bathing...
Recall that Brazil is where the United Nations had to tell swimmers to cover any scratches or open wounds in their body before getting in the water for the olympics, and to shower immediately after. And that was in the nicer area. The water quality in the favelas is even worse.
- malandrew 7y agoThey were specifically talking about the Bahia de Guanabara not the beach water. Huge difference between those two. Beaches like Barra da Tijuica, Ipenama, Leblon, São Conrado and Prainha are fine to bath in.
- airstrike 7y agohttps://praialimpa.net/ https://praialimpa.net/ None of the red ones are proper for bathing.
- tacon 7y agoIn 1994, I visited Rio and somehow met a computer scientist who was responsible for the sole internet POP in all of Brazil. He even took me into the university lab to see the equipment. It turns out his wife worked as a civil engineer for the city of Rio at the time, and she worked on waste water. He told me it would take her an hour of studying the latest data about weather, currents, and water tests before she would take their kids to the one specific beach that was safest that day. At least back then, all the beaches were polluted, just some were better than others.