[IP] A little variety for the IP list :-)
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Subject: A little variety for the IP list :-)
Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 13:57:56 -0800
From: Bill Daul <bdaul@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Dave Farber <dave@xxxxxxxxxx>
Where not to get caught short: world's worst toilets revealed
November 20, 2005
More than a third of the world's population lacks access to adequate
sanitation, a survey by the British charity WaterAid has found. In a
report marking World Toilet Day, the organisation has compiled an
international "bog roll of dishonour" designed to shame countries
into improving facilities.
Among those listed as having more than 10 million people deprived of
hygienic lavatories are Romania, Russia, Turkey, Mexico, Brazil,
Egypt and Morocco.
The report says about 2 million people a year - mainly children - die
from diarrhoea, chiefly as a consequence of poor sanitation.
WaterAid says the Greater London Authority refused to let it place a
toilet for publicity purposes in Parliament Square, with "RIP"
written on the seat, because it was "inappropriate activity".
"There needs to be a realisation in developing countries that
sanitation should be given priority in the way that the Victorians
dealt with the problem in 19th-century Britain," Paul Hetherington of
WaterAid said.
Overall, 2.6 billion people - or about 40 per cent of the world's
population - are without hygienic toilets.
World Toilet Day was launched by lavatory makers about a decade ago,
but now focuses more on the developing world. The World Toilet
Organisation held its annual conference in Belfast this year.
Source: The Sun-Herald
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