World Toilet Day was Yesterday

Yesterday, November 19th, 2009 was World Toilet Day! A newborn and a sick toddler conspired to make the ICBE a little late in its celebration, but that doesn’t make the day any less important. Now around these parts we often deal with some silly things, but World Toilet Day isn’t one of them. Why is toilet awareness important?

Because 2.5 billion people worldwide are without access to proper sanitation, which risks their health, strips their dignity, and kills 1.8 million people, mostly children, a year.

Every time you flush the toilet, think of all the people around the world who don’t have a toilet to flush. Think about how you’ve just flushed away more clean water than many people might see in a lifetime. Then ask yourself why a civilized country like the United States doesn’t routinely use dual-flush toilets to save a little water.