Contaminated meat a worry at Shanghai swim worlds

ROME (AP) — As more than 2,000 swimmers, divers and water polo players converge on Shanghai this week for the world aquatic championships, teams are taking varying precautions against the threat of eating contaminated Chinese meat.

Australia is hoping to eliminate the threat altogether, shipping in all of its meat from home and avoiding all pork products, while other teams plan to eat only in hotels accredited by swimming governing body FINA.

Chemical additives have been linked to cattle and pig raising in China and a recent study by a World Anti-Doping Agency-accredited lab in Cologne, Germany, found that 22 of 28 travelers returning from China tested positive for low levels …