The big necessity : the unmentionable world of human waste and why it matters
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363.728 GEORGE
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288 pages : ill. ; 21 cm.
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English
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"A Holt paperback."
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-276), filmography (p. [277]) and index.
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Human waste is a major public health threat: population growth is taxing even the most advanced sewage systems, and the disease spread by waste kills more people worldwide every year than any other single cause of death. Even in America, 1.95 million people have no access to an indoor toilet. Yet the subject remains unmentionable. The Big Necessity takes aim at the taboo, revealing everything that matters about how people do--and don't--deal with their own waste. George also explores the infrastructure disasters waiting to happen and the potential saviors: from China's five million biogas digesters to the U.S. Army's personal lasers used by soldiers to zap their feces in the field.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
George, R. (20092008). The big necessity: the unmentionable world of human waste and why it matters (1st Holt Paperbacks ed.). Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Co..
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)George, Rose, 1969-. 20092008. The Big Necessity: The Unmentionable World of Human Waste and Why It Matters. New York: Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Co.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)George, Rose, 1969-. The Big Necessity: The Unmentionable World of Human Waste and Why It Matters New York: Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Co, 20092008.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)George, Rose. The Big Necessity: The Unmentionable World of Human Waste and Why It Matters 1st Holt Paperbacks ed., Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Co., 20092008.
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