![]() ![]() ![]() George explores the problem in her book The Big Necessity: The Unmentionable World of Human Waste and Why It Matters and in a fabulous special issue of Colors magazine called " Shit: A Survival Guide." Read a sample chapter of The Big Necessity > The key to turning around this problem, says George: Let’s drop the pretense of “water-related diseases” and call out the cause of myriad afflictions around the world as what they are - “poop-related diseases” that are preventable with a basic toilet. In 2012, two out of five of the world’s population had nowhere sanitary to go. Diarrhea is a weapon of mass destruction, says the UK-based journalist and author, and a lack of access to toilets is at the root of our biggest public health crisis. Among the everyone-does-it-no-one-talks-about-it issues she's explored in books and articles: sanitation (and poop in general). ![]() Rose George thinks, researches, writes and talks about the hidden, the undiscussed. ![]()
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