Millions of people in the developing world lack toilets. And that can have serious consequences. Human waste out in the open is a major cause of stomach illnesses and child mortality. From Nepal, ...

KALAMAZOO, MI-- The Kalamazoo City Commission’s recent decision to decriminalize urination and defecation in public has drawn the ire of some local business owners and brought the question, “Where can ...

TOWARDS ADDRESSING A MUCH BIGGER ISSUE. I’M GLAD THE DA AND THE COUNTY HAS TAKEN THEIR MEASURES AGAINST THIS ACTION. 35 YEAR OLD MARCEL SIMMONS IS NOW IN CUSTODY, MORE THAN A WEEK AFTER HE DEFECATED ...

Ending the practice of defecating in the open, rather than in a toilet, will have “transformational benefits” for some of the world’s most vulnerable people, says the UN’s partner sanitation body, the ...

Climate change makes toilets more likely to break, which leaves people more likely to “go” outside. This is a huge source of pollution and a major risk to human health. That’s what colleagues and I ...

James Harper studies sanitation and other basic human needs in partnership with non-profit organizations, like iDE on this study, around the world through his business, Realize Research, LLC. Everyone ...

“Safe toilets for all by 2030” is one of the Sustainable Development Goal targets. But, with just more than five years to go until 2030, the United Nations says the world is “seriously off-track … 3.5 ...

A lawyer representing Corey D. Kendig in his trial on charges of killing another man during a confrontation outside of a Harborcreek Township strip club in October said in his opening statement on ...