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(20th November 2008)
I have three hours left of US time to wish you all a happy World Toilet Day. I'm in Delhi, attending - briefly - the South Asian Conference on Sanitation, known as Sacosan. This is a big and important affair. It was inaugurated by the Prime Minister (but I missed that, as I was still trying to get a visa from the Indian High Commission ...
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(6th November 2008)
Greetings from the final day of the annual summit of the other WTO. As usual, the place has attracted a cracking mix of people, all of whom have in common an uncommon desire to talk non-stop about toilets, latrines and the like. At WTO events, you can find yourself sitting over a plate of food while your neighbour is talking animatedly about urine spray; ...
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(27th October 2008)
For some time now, a story has been circulating about how the voters of San Francisco will be asked whether to decide whether to name a local sewage plant after George W. Bush. The media coverage has been consistent: The story is considered to be a) funny and b) perfectly logical. Sewage is the lowest of the low, so it perfectly suits a president with ...
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(15th October 2008)
Happy Global Handwashing Day! Don't laugh. Handwashing is serious business. So serious, the all-powerful Centers for Disease Control has a five-step guide to how to do it properly. Handwashing is the third part of the trinity of health and hygiene, along with good sanitation and clean water. If you have all of those things, you cut your risk of diarrhoea, disease and death by ...