Rethinking Shit.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- ZEICHNER, NOAH,
- Source
- Rethinking Schools; Fall2013, Vol. 28 Issue 1, p50-54, 5p
- Subject
- Communicable diseases
Feces
Defecation
Health
Sanitation
- Language
- ISSN
- 08956855
The article focuses on the use of word "shit" which literally means feces and relates it to the problem of lack of access to toilets or open defecation. It informs that open feces have many bacteria and viruses which result in many types of communicable diseases such as diarrhea. It awares about the health problems which results due to lack of access to clean water, adequate sanitation and economic opportunities.