Aimee Lutkin — This Toilet Provides Safe Sanitation Without Plumbing Or Electricity

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Effective, efficient, and inexpensive. Poor sanitation is responsible for 80 percent of world health issues, like infectious disease, and four percent of deaths. That may sound small, but in context, it is about 1,500 children every day. It can also lead to chronic illnesses that plague both children and adults. In areas without plumbing, the options are dumping and hauling sewage, which can be both expensive and dangerous… Public toilets also mean more women and girls are subject to sexual assault when forced to leave their home for access to a bathroom. As an exampled on their website, change:WATER writes that in Uttar Pradesh, "60% of reported gender-based violence is sanitation-related."... Green MattersThis Toilet Provides Safe Sanitation Without Plumbing Or ElectricityAimee

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