The big necessity : the unmentionable world of human waste and why it matters
Summary
Human waste is a major public health threat: population growth is taxing even the most advanced sewage systems, and the disease spread by waste kills more people worldwide every year than any other single cause of death. Even in America, 1.95 million people have no access to an indoor toilet. Yet th... Full description
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- The robo-toilet revolution: the actress and the gorilla
- 2.6 billion "... and sanitation
- Going to the sulabh: spade black, dung, horse
- China's biogas boom: a pig in every bedroom
- A public necessity: frightening the horses
- The battle of biosolids: bad smell, big tomatoes
- Open defecation-free India: husband wanted; must have toilet
- In the cities: aqua-privies for Jesus
- The end: small energy.