Name: Sanitation is a basic human right
Uploaded: 2014-09-29T15:10:48Z
Duration: 8 min 11 s
Description: Warning: This talk might contain much more than you'd ever want to know about the way the world poops. But as sanitation activist (and TED Fellow) Francis de los Reyes asks — doesn't everyone deserve a safe place to go?

Warning: This talk might contain much more than you'd ever want to know about the way the world poops. But as sanitation activist (and TED Fellow) Francis de los Reyes asks — doesn't everyone deserve a safe place to go?

Sanitation is a basic human right

Environmental engineer, sanitation activist

Sanitation is a basic human right, yet 2.5 billion people lack access to adequate toilets. Each year, 1.5 million children die from diseases linked to poor sanitation, a tragedy that hits hardest where open defecation is common. Simply building more Western-style flush toilets is not feasible or sustainable for much of the world. New solutions demand rethinking the entire sanitation chain, from user experience to safe waste reuse.

Flushing Away Human Rights Fails Half The World

Just another crappy day