A spectator takes in the view of Lagoa de Freitas Lagoon, where controversy is mounting over allegedly dangerous levels of sewage for Rio water events.
The controversy over the water quality at future Olympic venues in Rio de Janeiro rumbles on, with FISA forced to respond to an Associated Press report published at the end of July. The report draws more attention to the faecal matter present in the lagoon, quoting marine biologist John Griffith from the Southern California Coastal Water Research Project, as saying, "What you have there is basically raw sewage."
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