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Rio Olympics – Toilet Diving Competition

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Athletes. Heed this good advice from the NY Times, “Keep Your Mouth Closed: Aquatic Olympians Face a Toxic Stew in Rio“.

RIO DE JANEIRO — Health experts in Brazil have a word of advice for the Olympic marathon swimmers, sailors and windsurfers competing in Rio de CDC_Rio_2016_OlympicsJaneiro’s picture-postcard waters next month: Keep your mouth closed.

Despite the government’s promises seven years ago to stem the waste that fouls Rio’s expansive Guanabara Bay and the city’s fabled ocean beaches, officials acknowledge that their efforts to treat raw sewage and scoop up household garbage have fallen far short.

In fact, environmentalists and scientists say Rio’s waters are much more contaminated than previously thought.

Recent tests by government and independent scientists revealed a veritable petri dish of pathogens in many of the city’s waters, from rotaviruses that can cause diarrhea and vomiting to drug-resistant “superbacteria” that can be fatal to people with weakened immune systems.

Daily Darwin – Genomic Demise by Exercise

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Darwin always chortles when he sees some fool exercising, especially when said fool’s genomes get crushed in a treadmill mishap.

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Natural selection deems that some individuals serve as a warning to others. Who are we to disagree? The next generation, ever and anon, is descended from the survivors

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Another Day, Another Radical Islamic Terror Attack

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Today in The Express, “LONDON TERROR: American woman dead and five injured in Russell Square stabbing rampage“.

ISIS_Days_Since_Last_Terrorist_AttackA SOMALI teenager has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman was stabbed to death and five people injured in an attack in central London, with police saying “terror cannot be ruled out”.

Here’s a link to a “List of Islamic Terrorist Attacks” in the last 30 days.