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NEWS ABOUT: latrines

latrines stories: 2 news summaries

 In Rural India, Mr Right 
 Must Have a Toilet 

Brides-to-be insist suitors offer indoor plumbing

Oct 12, 09 7:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - India's economy may be booming, but 665 million people in the world's second-largest nation have no access to indoor plumbing—not only an inconvenience, but a health hazard that leads to diarrhea, typhoid, and malaria. But these days, newly assertive rural women are insisting that suitors have a toilet before... More »

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India • marriage • toilet • dowry • latrines • marriage proposal

OPINION

It's Time to
Talk More
About Toilets

In disasters like Burma, excrement 'a weapon
of mass destruction'

May 19, 08 12:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Modern squeamishness about discussing human feces can cost lives, Rose George writes in the New York Times. The recent disastrous cyclone in Burma highlights how important waste-containment (read: latrines) is to staving off disease, but if wealthy nations won't deign to discuss No. 2, it's hard for them to organize... More »

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health • sanitation • Burma • poop • Cyclone Nargis • latrines

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