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Toilet Ecology

The Big Necessity argues toilets and sewers are the key to improved sanitation. But reality is more complex - and toxic

By Laura Orlando

Rose George argues in her book The Big Necessity: The Unmentionable World of Human Waste and Why It Matters (Metropolitan, October) that the “big necessity” is a toilet. For 2.6 billion people, George writes, the lack of access to a hygienic toilet can result in “crippled guts and killed children.” Every 20 seconds a child dies because of abysmal sanitation conditions,… return to article

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