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2016 Rio Olympics to Use Helicopters, GPS to Clean Garbage in Guanabara Bay

The polluted water in Rio de Janeiro's Guanabara Bay has been a source of controversy and discussion leading up to the 2016 Summer Olympics in August, though a solution may have been found to ensure the athletes' safety.

Per the Associated Press (via ESPN.com), helicopters will be used starting Friday to locate "any floating rubbish," and boats will be receiving GPS coordinates to "sweep up debris before each day of Olympic sailing kicks off..."

World Sailing CEO Andy Hunt previously told the AP in May (via the New York Daily News) that cleaning up the water so that it is usable for the Olympics would take a rigorous effort: “We’re going in the right direction.