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Posted: Thursday, 19 November 2009 6:21AM

It's World Toilet Day



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(WBBM) --
Thursday is World Toilet Day. It may seem funny but there is a serious side.

What would life be like for you without a flush toilet?

"World Toilet Day is a day set aside to raise awareness of the world to the global sanitation crisis," said Ned Breslin, head of the group Water for People.

"Two-point-five billion people around the world do not have access to improved sanitation. Many people believe the number is even higher," he said.

Even the United Nations is involved, saying prison inmates around the world, including those in the United States, frequently have no access to clean toilets.

This is the 8th annual World Toilet Day.

Water for People says access to improved sanitation has been shown to reduce diarrhea in children, who are most susceptible, by 22 to 36 percent.

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