A 2016 Rio Olympics water venue is full of human waste and teeming with viruses — here's a video of what it looks like

One year before the Rio 2016 Olympic games, three bodies of water slated to be used for water sports have been found to be dangerously filthy. Scientists have found bacteria and viruses in the water "roughly equivalent to raw sewage." The Brazilian government had plans to create eight new water treatment facilities, but only one has been created to date.

Produced by Emma Fierberg. Original Reporting by Tony Manfred. Video courtesy of Associated Press. 

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