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nBillionsnof people in the world don’t have adequate sanitation services, andnthousands of these don’t have any sort of modern plumbing. Improvingnsanitation conditions for people globally helps the environment,nhealth, dignity, gender equality, and more! World Toilet – dot – Orgnincreases people’s awareness of this problem through events, and thisnorganization also takes donations that are used to purchase andninstall toilets and other aspects of good sanitation.
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nTonlearn more about wastewater—what we flush down our toilets—checknout the City of San Diego’s website “Sewage in your Face.”n (Whoa! A virtual sewage treatment?) Or check out the website ofnthe L.A. Sanitation Department of Public Works. There is a slide shownand a clickable link in the category of “Wastewater Program.”
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nHavenyou ever wondered what bathrooms and toilets looked like long, longnago? What did the ancient civilizations do with human waste?
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| Ancient Roman toilets, all in a row… |
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nFindnout about Ancient Rome’s solutions on Kidipede.
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nTonlearn about “The Long, Unglamorous History of the Toilet,” readnGizmodo’s article.
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