Pipe Dreams
Finalist for the 2022 NASW Science in Society Journalism AwardLonglisted for the 2022 AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science BooksFrom an award-winning science journalist, a "deeply…
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Finalist for the 2022 NASW Science in Society Journalism AwardLonglisted for the 2022 AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science BooksFrom an award-winning science journalist, a "deeply researched, entertaining, and impassioned exploration of sanitation" (Nature) and the future of the toilet--for fans of popular science bestsellers by Mary Roach.Most of us do not give much thought to the centerpiece of our bathrooms, but the toilet is an unexpected paradox. On the one hand, it is a modern miracle: a ubiquitous fixture in a vast sanitation system that has helped add decades to the human life span by reducing disease. On the other hand, the toilet is also a tragic failure: less than half of the world's population can access a toilet that safely manages body waste, including many right here in the United States. And it is inefficient,