Talking about toilets isn’t as sexy as say, vaccines, but it’s a huge problem:
“Issues dealing with human excrement tend not to figure prominently in the programs of political parties contesting elections or the agendas of governments,” said Kevin Watkins, the main author of the report. “They’re the unwanted guests at the table.”The human cost of that taboo, however, is more unspeakable than the topic itself, he said. Every year, more than two million children die of diarrhea and other sicknesses caused by dirty water and a lack of “access to sanitation.”
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This is yet another scam to redistribute First World wealth to Third world countries. No thank you.
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