India Is Winning Its War on Human Waste

Re:India Is Winning Its War on Human Waste by thevardanian on Thursday April 27, 2017 @02:01AM (#14209503)

I don't think that maybe necessarily the case as these very people will boil milk before drinking it. It is basic practice in rural India to boil milk before consuming it even if it was straight from the cow. So I find it extremely odd that these very people couldn't connect the dots and make the same leap onto impurity of water.

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Re:India Is Winning Its War on Human Waste by capex on Thursday April 27, 2017 @04:12AM (#14209982)

There is a cultural/ religious myth in the sub-continent that fresh, fast-flowing water is always safe to drink. This might have contributed to the failure of this leap.

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Re:India Is Winning Its War on Human Waste by Daishiman on Thursday April 27, 2017 @02:38PM (#14213743)

Before the massive overpopulation of the continent this was very likely true for all practical effects.

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Re:India Is Winning Its War on Human Waste by keypress on Thursday April 27, 2017 @04:39AM (#14210076)

It's probably as simple that boiling water requires energy and is expensive.

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