As with so many other things, Swedes seem to be happy to persist the myth of superior drinking and bathing water which actually doesn&#x27;t match the facts, at all. The water in central Stockholm is a slimy cocktail of raw sewage, localized heavy metals from old industries, algae and pesticides.<p>These articles are unfortunately all in Swedish - swedes prefer to keep their bad news local:<p>Raw sewage from new apartment buildings connected directly to one of the most popular bathing places in central Stockholm that ran out freely for at least three years:
<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.aftonbladet.se&#x2F;nyheter&#x2F;article12848092.ab" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.aftonbladet.se&#x2F;nyheter&#x2F;article12848092.ab</a><p>Farm organizations warning about swimming in Stockholm&#x27;s water after rainfall:
<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.lantbruk.com&#x2F;debatt&#x2F;varfor-ska-jordbruket-sta-vid-skampalen" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.lantbruk.com&#x2F;debatt&#x2F;varfor-ska-jordbruket-sta-vid...</a><p>Raw sewage that has run directly out into bathing water in central Stockholm from an apartment house for the past 85 years:
<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.dn.se&#x2F;sthlm&#x2F;sa-mycket-bajsvatten-rinner-ut-i-stockholm&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.dn.se&#x2F;sthlm&#x2F;sa-mycket-bajsvatten-rinner-ut-i-stoc...</a><p>An article stating that the equivalent of 354 Olympic-sized swimming pools of raw sewage and polluted water gushes straight out into the middle of Stockholm&#x27;s water every year:
<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;gamla.mitti.se&#x2F;bajsvattnet-rinner-ratt-ut&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;gamla.mitti.se&#x2F;bajsvattnet-rinner-ratt-ut&#x2F;</a><p>An article about the large scale of health problems following outbreaks of serious bacterial infections from tap water infected by raw sewage systematically entering drinking water without ultraviolet cleaning:
<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.dn.se&#x2F;nyheter&#x2F;sverige&#x2F;manga-annu-sjuka-efter-parasitutbrott&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.dn.se&#x2F;nyheter&#x2F;sverige&#x2F;manga-annu-sjuka-efter-para...</a><p>Heavy metals and other poisons in Stockholm&#x27;s water:
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