The Big Necessity: The Unmentionable World of Human Waste and Why It Matters
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
1250058309
ISBN 13
9781250058300
Category
Religion, Culture, and Society in General
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Publication Year
2014
Publisher
Pages
320
Description
"One smart book...delving deep into the history and implications of a daily act that dare not speak its name."―NewsweekBodily waste is common to all and as natural as breathing. We prefer not to talk about it, but we should―even those of us who take care of our business in pristine, sanitary conditions. Disease spread by bodily waste kills more people worldwide every year than any other single cause of death. Even in the United States, nearly two million people have no access to an indoor toilet, while the sewers of major cities worldwide are an infrastructure disaster waiting to happen. With razor-sharp wit and crusading urgency, mixing levity with gravity, Rose George's The Big Necessity breaks the silence, turning the taboo subject into a cause with the most serious of consequences. - from Amzon
Number of Copies
1
