LEADER 03128cam 2200541 a 4500001 ocn234213749 003 OCoLC 005 20141212011929.0 008 080711s2008 nyua b 001 0 eng 010 2008029999 016 7 101478766 |2DNLM 020 9780805082715 020 0805082719 035 (Sirsi) o234213749 035 (OCoLC)234213749 040 DNLM/DLC |cDLC |dNLM |dBAKER |dUPZ |dC#P |dNPL |dYDXCP |dBWX |dJYJ |dVP@ |dKEC |dERE |dUtOrBLW 042 pcc 049 ERE7 050 00 RA567 |b.G46 2008 060 10 WA 785 |bG348b 2008 082 00 363.72 |222 092 363.72 |bG2938B 100 1 George, Rose, |d1969- |=^A794643 245 14 The big necessity : |bthe unmentionable world of human waste and why it matters / |cRose George. 250 1st ed. 260 New York : |bMetropolitan Books, |c2008. 300 288 pages : |billustrations ; |c24 cm 336 text |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |2rdamedia 338 volume |2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 In the sewers: the art of drainage -- The robo-toilet revolution: the actress and the gorilla -- 2.6 billion: "... and sanitation" -- Going to the sulabh: spade, black, dung, horse -- China's biogas boom: a pig in every bedroom -- A public necessity: frightening the horses -- The battle of biosolids: bad smell, big tomatoes -- Open defecation-free India: husband wanted; must have toilet -- In the cities: aqua-privies for Jesus -- The end: small energy. 520 Human waste is a major public health threat: population growth is taxing even the most advanced sewage systems, and the disease spread by waste kills more people worldwide every year than any other single cause of death. Even in America, 1.95 million people have no access to an indoor toilet. Yet the subject remains unmentionable. The Big Necessity takes aim at the taboo, revealing everything that matters about how people do--and don't--deal with their own waste. George also explores the infrastructure disasters waiting to happen and the potential saviors: from China's five million biogas digesters to the U.S. Army's personal lasers used by soldiers to zap their feces in the field. 650 0 Sanitation |xHealth aspects. |=^A6397 650 0 Sewage. |=^A2620 650 0 Hygiene. |=^A704 650 0 Toilets. |=^A29842 650 0 Feces. |=^A14156 856 42 |3Contributor biographical information |uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0837/2008029999-b.html 856 42 |3Publisher description |uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0837/2008029999-d.html 994 C0 |bERE 938 Baker & Taylor |bBKTY |c26.00 |d19.50 |i0805082719 |n0007649482 |sactive 938 YBP Library Services |bYANK |n2813011 938 Blackwell Book Service |bBBUS |nR7739953 |c$26.00 590 Little-349259--3051310556781 596 1 2 998 1452840