So far, nobody has died from the contaminated waters hosting Olympic events in Rio, but at least one athlete has fallen seriously ill.  A few hundred million people, including me, have now scratched off from our bucket lists the idea of bathing at Copacabana now that we know that feces, animal carcasses, and garbage would be our companions in the Bay.  I have to wonder if the anticipated payoff for Brazilian tourism from hosting the Olympics will ever develop now that the world understands the shortcomings of Brazilian public sanitation. Faced with this kind of embarrassment, officials are hastening to cover their posteriors, resulting in comic relief.  At Legal Insurrection, Leslie Eastman reports that the green swimming pool water (that also smells like farts – imagine diving into that!) has elicited a comical excuse from a spokesman for the Rio local organizing committee:  Mario Andrada, chief spokesman for the local organizing committee, stressed...(Read Full Post)