World Toilet Day – Bringing Attention To Sterilization
It may look like the fodder for humor, but Nov. 19 has been designated as World Toilet Day. The World Toilet Organization announced World Toilet Day in 2001. The day is supposed to bring awareness to correct sterilization. Though correct sterilization seems like just a health issue, there are benefits that extend to social and economic circles when cash is spent on correct sanitation. Post resource – World Toilet Day – Bringing attention to sanitation by Personal Money Store.
World Toilet Day is very essential
In 2001, World Toilet Day began. About 2.6 billion people around the world do not have access to proper sanitation. Every year 1.8 million people die because of it. Because of lack of sanitation, under-developed countries often have a number of people dying. 5,000 a day are dying on average in these countries. Those most affected by lack of correct sanitation are typically kids and women. World Toilet Day encourages discussion and donation for correct sanitation across the world and organizes “The Big Squat” to bring attention to the problem of open defecation in third-world countries.
Economic impact of World Toilet Day
Awareness of a lack of sanitation is the goal of World Toilet Day. It is important to show this. Disadvantaged areas improve substantially through sanitation. In fact, each and every $1 in sanitation gives an average return of $9 in economic impact. During disasters, one of the first things to be damaged is typically sanitation. Sanitation was no longer significant in Haiti following the earthquake. This is where the widespread cholera outbreak came from.
Voiced concerns of World Toilet Day
There is certainly going to be some controversy with World Toilet Day even if it is just trying to show what correct sanitation is all about. Water or “flush” toilets are often considered the standard of sanitation within the U.S., but that does not mean they are the “best” sanitation. The water usage of flush toilets is estimated at about 30 percent of all water usage. When using composting toilets and waterless toilets instead, disease is better kept under control and money and water are saved.
Citations
World Toilt
worldtoilet.org/wtd/squat.asp
facebook.com/pages/World-Toilet-Day-November-19th/199340305908
Toilet Tab ABCs
toiletabcs.com/toilet-water-conservation.html
