Why The Lack Of Toilets Is Killing Millions
Subscribe! http://bitly.com/1iLOHml Over 1 billion people are forced to defecate in the open due to a severe lack of toilet facilities, and the consequences are deadly. Could this be the...
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The U.N. estimates that 2.5 billion people do not have access to proper toilets or latrines with one billion of those people having to defecate in the open. That is 14% of the human population. India has over 626 million people who are forced to practice open defecation, followed by Indonesia, Pakistan and Ethiopia. And this problem is bigger than being an inconvenience or discomfort. According to the United Nations, almost a million children under the age of 5 die every year from illness directly related to feces contaminated wat er. Tack on the fact that 80% of diseases and one third of all deaths in developing countries can be traced back to contaminated water, and it’s no wonder why the U.N. is calling for updated toilets that can isolate and sanitize...
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The U.N. estimates that 2.5 billion people do not have access to proper toilets or latrines with one billion of those people having to defecate in the open. That is 14% of the human population. India has over 626 million people who are forced to practice open defecation, followed by Indonesia, Pakistan and Ethiopia. And this problem is bigger than being an inconvenience or discomfort. According to the United Nations, almost a million children under the age of 5 die every year from illness directly related to feces contaminated wat er. Tack on the fact that 80% of diseases and one third of all deaths in developing countries can be traced back to contaminated water, and it’s no wonder why the U.N. is calling for updated toilets that can isolate and sanitize...
