{"id":913,"date":"2016-08-24T17:46:56","date_gmt":"2016-08-24T23:46:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/?p=913"},"modified":"2020-03-12T12:20:25","modified_gmt":"2020-03-12T18:20:25","slug":"what-we-can-learn-from-rios-contaminated-water-situation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/what-we-can-learn-from-rios-contaminated-water-situation\/","title":{"rendered":"What We Can Learn from Rio\u2019s Contaminated Water Situation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 2016 Olympics have come to a close and many are continuing a discussion which has been going on since before the games began: What\u2019s the deal with Rio\u2019s contaminated water?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/olympia-1539043_1280.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-916 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/olympia-1539043_1280-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"olympia-1539043_1280\" width=\"356\" height=\"237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/olympia-1539043_1280-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/olympia-1539043_1280-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/olympia-1539043_1280.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 356px) 100vw, 356px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The world watched as athletes competed in water visibly tainted and unclear. However, It was clear that their methods of water sanitation and their push to clean the water permanently were unsuccessful.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The World Health Organization (WHO) advises the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Local Organizing Committee (LOC) on health issues related to the games. Recommendations for this year\u2019s games included water quality testing in recreational waters, particularly those used by athletes competing in sailing, rowing, canoeing, and swimming events. Most common of illnesses associated with polluted recreational water exposure is mild gastroenteritis. Others include respiratory infections, and skin and ear infections. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And yet most athletes were able to stay healthy despite unsatisfactory water conditions. How did they do it? Andy Hunt, CEO of the governing body World Sailing, reported on precautions taken by sailors in Rio. \u201cEveryone has been very careful in using hand hygiene, washing down clothing, boats, and so on.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Avoiding exposure to contaminated water isn\u2019t always possible, especially while traveling. The general well-being of the athletes throughout the games only validates what we already know: proper hand hygiene is key in preventing illness. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sources:<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.who.int\/water_sanitation_health\/water-quality\/recreational\/rio-water-quality-qa-julyupdate.pdf?ua=1\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">http:\/\/www.who.int\/water_sanitation_health\/water-quality\/recreational\/rio-water-quality-qa-julyupdate.pdf?ua=1<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.who.int\/water_sanitation_health\/bathing\/statement-rio-water-quality\/en\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">http:\/\/www.who.int\/water_sanitation_health\/bathing\/statement-rio-water-quality\/en\/<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wkbw.com\/sports\/olympics\/rio-2016\/water-to-remain-filthy-in-rio-after-olympics\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">http:\/\/www.wkbw.com\/sports\/olympics\/rio-2016\/water-to-remain-filthy-in-rio-after-olympics<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/en\/olympia-summer-olympics-1539043\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/pixabay.com\/en\/olympia-summer-olympics-1539043<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2016 Olympics have come to a close and many are continuing a discussion which has been going on since before the games began: What\u2019s the deal with Rio\u2019s contaminated water? 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However, It was clear that their methods of water sanitation and their &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/what-we-can-learn-from-rios-contaminated-water-situation\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">What We Can Learn from Rio\u2019s Contaminated Water Situation<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[273,213],"tags":[274,109,78],"class_list":["post-913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-contaminated-water","category-hand-hygiene","tag-contaminated-water","tag-infection","tag-infection-prevention-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What We Can Learn from Rio\u2019s Contaminated Water Situation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/what-we-can-learn-from-rios-contaminated-water-situation\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"brevis-admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/what-we-can-learn-from-rios-contaminated-water-situation\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/what-we-can-learn-from-rios-contaminated-water-situation\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"brevis-admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/74a2f42d415165735698225b063f3df8\"},\"headline\":\"What We Can Learn from Rio\u2019s Contaminated Water Situation\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-08-24T23:46:56+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-03-12T18:20:25+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/what-we-can-learn-from-rios-contaminated-water-situation\/\"},\"wordCount\":271,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"Contaminated Water\",\"infection\",\"infection prevention\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Contaminated Water\",\"Hand Hygiene\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/what-we-can-learn-from-rios-contaminated-water-situation\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/what-we-can-learn-from-rios-contaminated-water-situation\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/what-we-can-learn-from-rios-contaminated-water-situation\/\",\"name\":\"What We Can Learn from Rio\u2019s Contaminated Water Situation\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2016-08-24T23:46:56+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-03-12T18:20:25+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/what-we-can-learn-from-rios-contaminated-water-situation\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/what-we-can-learn-from-rios-contaminated-water-situation\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/what-we-can-learn-from-rios-contaminated-water-situation\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"What We Can Learn from Rio\u2019s Contaminated Water Situation\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.brevis.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Brevis\",\"description\":\"Infection Prevention &amp; 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