The big necessity
the unmentionable world of human waste and why it matters
by Rose George and Karen Cass
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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 the subject remains unmentionable. The Big Necessity takes aim at the taboo, revealing everything that matters about how people do--and don't--deal with their own waste. George also explores the infrastructure disasters waiting to happen and the potential saviors: from China's five million biogas digesters to the U.S. Army's personal lasers used by soldiers to zap their feces in the field.
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Cross-Cultural Comparison, Feces, Health aspects, Health aspects of Sanitation, Hygiene, Sanitation, Sewage, Socioeconomic Factors, Toilet facilities, Toilets, Traitement des déchets, Avfallshantering, Toaletter, Hälsoaspekter, Services de voirie, Renhållning, Toilet Facilities, Biogaz, Santé publique, Aspects socio-économiques, Social aspects, Exkrementer, Sewage disposal, Sociological aspects, Excretion, Political aspects, New York Times reviewed| Edition | Availability |
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The Big Necessity The Unmentionable World Of Human Waste
2009-01-01, Metropolitan Books
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Big Necessity: The Unmentionable World of Human Waste and Why It Matters
2009, Holt & Company, Henry
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Big Necessity: The Unmentionable World of Human Waste and Why It Matters
2009, Holt & Company, Henry
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The Big Necessity: The Unmentionable World of Human Waste and Why It Matters
July 7, 2009, Holt Paperbacks
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Big Necessity: Adventures in the World of Human Waste
2009, Portobello Books
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The big necessity: the unmentionable world of human waste and why it matters
2008, Metropolitan Books
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The big necessity: adventures in the world of human waste
2008, Portobello Books
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The big necessity: the unmentionable world of human waste and why it matters
2008, Metropolitan Books, Brand: Metropolitan Books
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