Drug-resistant “super bacteria” found in waters off Rio were 2016 Olympics sailing events will be held

A drug-resistant “super bacteria” that’s notoriously difficult to treat has been discovered in the waters where Rio de Janeiro’s 2016 Olympic s sailing events will be held, scientists said Monday. The Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Brazil’s most respected health research institute, said it has discovered bacteria that produce an enzyme that make it resistant to most forms of treatment in water samples taken from various spots along the Carioca River. Among the spots is where the river flows into the city’s Guanabara Bay (pictured), site of the 2016 sailing and wind surfing events. Bacteria with the so-called KPC enzyme are difficult to treat. With some 70 percent of sewage in the city of 12 million going untreated, water quality has been a major worry ahead of the 2016 Summer Games. – AP