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Celebrities Sell Cars, Beer, Clothes…and Toilet Use?

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toilet.jpgAnyone who’s seen Slumdog Millionaire knows the sorry state of sanitation in many of the world’s biggest slums. And with sewage contaminating more waterways and public spaces every day, the need for effective sanitation measures is dire. To bring the point home, here’s a stat for you: Only 16 percent of people in Cambodia have access to some sort of latrine or toilet, and five million people around the world die from waterborne illnesses every year.

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March 20th, 2009 Tags: , , ,
by Melissa Lafsky in Scat-egory | 2 Comments » | RSS feed | Trackback >