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News Articles: sanitation

This man is stepping out from a van that offers showers and bathroom facilities to the homeless. Known for his elegant garb, he is one of the 2,000 or so people who live on the streets in Milan, Italy — the number comes from a city survey. An Italian charity called Alatha sponsors the "solidarity shower" van.

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We've got a lot of ways to go: Thoughts on World Toilet Day

On November 19, the United Nations wants toilets to be top of mind — and they don't mean for the Property Brothers on a bathroom reno episode. Here's why toilets get their own international day.

November 19, 2024
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  • Marc Silver
An empty blue recycling bin on Wildwood Avenue was knocked over from the recent storms moving through Columbus. 01/09/2024 Kala Hunter khunter@ledger-enquirer.com

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  • News

Trash pick up problems plague Columbus residents. City Council wants answers

Columbus' new garbage trucks rolled out, heralding the dawn of a re-imagined citywide refuse collection. One person will operate each of the new “Columbus Blue” automated side loaders instead of the three-person team it once took to collect the city’s tons of garbage. But all is not well, residents say.

January 12, 2024
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  • Kala Hunter

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  • Health

Tracking health threats, one sewage sample at a time

Researchers in Virginia Beach, Va., show how they test wastewater for signs of COVID-19, and how they're preparing to look for other health threats.

April 25, 2023
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  • Pien Huang and
  • Meredith Rizzo
A sign from Valencia, Spain, is a reminder of how important it is to have access to a safe toilet.

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  • Global Health

Flying toilets! Sobering stats! Poo Guru's debut! Yes, it's time for World Toilet Day

November 19 is World Toilet Day, created by the U.N. in 2013. At issue: Billions of people do not have access to a safe toilet. But how do you get the world to pay attention to this forgotten problem?

November 18, 2022
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  • Marc Silver
Scanning electron micrograph of <em data-stringify-type="italic">Salmonella typhi</em>, the parasite that causes typhoid fever (in yellow-green, attached to another bacterial cell.

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  • Global Health

Typhoid mutated to beat antibiotics. Science is learning how to beat those strains

The ancient disease is still a killer. And even though there are new drugs, there's a growing rate of antibiotic-resistance cases. Here's a look at the latest strategies to tame typhoid.

July 28, 2022
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  • Max Barnhart
TK Clockwise from left: Kim Worsham; Bradley Phillips; Michelle Hiebert; Maria Khan

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  • Global Health

It's World Toilet Day! Time for quirky signs (thanks, readers) ... and serious talk

Let's take time off from pondering the pandemic to enjoy some toilet humor courtesy of signage sent in by our audience — and also to think about how lucky we are if we have a safe toilet.

November 19, 2021
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  • Marc Silver
"The Gravy" raises concern for residents of Chicago's 35th Ward.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: The global reason behind Chicago's 'garbage juice'

Chicago residents are upset about a foul liquid running through their streets. NPR's Scott Simon notes that runoff from rundown garbage trucks has long had a stomach-turning nickname: "The Gravy."

October 16, 2021
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  • Scott Simon
Bags of garbage pile up on a New Orleans street on Friday. Trash collection delays have left some residents outraged at the city's contractors.

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  • National

Weeks-Old Garbage Is Stinking Up New Orleans. Residents Had A Trash Parade In Protest

In New Orleans, some residents are still living with the trash from Hurricane Ida, more than three weeks after the storm. Residents and city officials are outraged at the delays in trash pickups.

September 20, 2021
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  • Nell Clark
Catherine Coleman Flowers is the founding director of the Alabama Center for Rural Enterprise.

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  • Health

'Waste' Activist Digs Into The Sanitation Crisis Affecting The Rural Poor

In 2017, a study reported one in three people in one rural Alabama county had been exposed to hookworm. Catherine Coleman Flowers says the study reveals big gaps in sanitation in rural America.

November 23, 2020
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  • Dave Davies

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