Toilets: A simple solution to world health issues
Jun 09, 2010
LA Times, June 2010
Mitchell Koss begins by noting that sanitation is an invisible issue in the United States, both because the disposal of human waste is an unseen process and an embarrassing, taboo topic. Yet 40% of the world's population lacks this basic human right. He details his first hand experience with the magnitude of the problem and describes the great public health impact that we can achieve with toilets, but only if we get people to talk about it.