[URBAN NOTE] "Rio Olympics sailor Lee Parkhill says Toronto Harbour 'almost worse than what I see he

Aug 06, 2016 15:39

Prscilla Hwang's CBC News article says worrisome things about Toronto.

The water conditions in Rio de Janeiro don't appear as bad as what's being reported, and the Toronto harbour is sometimes "almost worse," according to a Canadian Olympic sailor who is in the Brazilian city for his first Games ( Read more... )

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robby August 7 2016, 03:12:57 UTC
He's comparing visible rubbish, but the danger is that the water in Rio is like a sewer. Hundreds of times worse than what would trigger a beach closure in Canada.

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