| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
288 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [239]-276) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : examining the unmentionables -- In the sewers -- The robo- toilet revolution -- 2.6 billion -- Going to the sulabh -- China's biogas boom -- A public necessity -- The battle of biosolids -- Open defecation-free India -- In the cities -- The end. |
| 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 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. |
| Subject |
Sanitation -- Health aspects.
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Feces.
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Sewage.
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Cross-Cultural Comparison.
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Hygiene.
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Socioeconomic Factors.
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| ISBN |
9780805082715 |
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0805082719 |
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