The UN has named Nov. 19 World Toilet Day , to highlight the health and economic problems developing countries face without proper sanitation. Studies show that lack of access to adequate sanitation in developing regions has dire consequences, negatively effecting health, education, and economic activity.
Everybody poos. But for some it has far more of a daily consequence. So here are 11 facts appropriate for dinner discussion:
The World Health Organization defines improved sanitation as facilities that hygienically separate human excreta from human contact.
