Globally, over 3.5 billion people lack access to adequate sanitation and safe water. It's a staggering statistic and the ramifications extend beyond easy access to clean water and toilets. Without ...

WASHINGTON, DC — The National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) today issued a new report entitled Clean Water, Sanitation, and the Built Environment, focusing on how commercial and residential ...

WHITE HALL, Ala. — As Ruby Rudolph walks around to the back of her brick ranch house, there's a noticeable stench. "You smell that?" she asks. "I don't even come back here no more." On this breezy day ...

Worm-lined pit latrines may take some getting used to, but they are key to delivering Sustainable Development Goal targets, says civil engineer Laure Sione. Laure Sione’s postdoctoral research at ...

Access to clean water, adequate sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) is a fundamental human right and vital for global health and development. Yet millions still struggle to meet these basic needs. In 2014, ...

A new study suggests that Escherichia coli and other disease-causing microbes are passing easily between humans and animals in Cambodia, a country where clean water, sanitation and hygienic controls ...

Public health strategies, from vaccination to improving sanitary conditions, may have different impacts depending on whether a disease is endemic - persisting in a particular location for an extended ...

A few years ago, residents of the suburbs of Bensonville, Montserrado County, frequently suffered from diarrhea, cholera and other water related illnesses, often unclean drinking water from ...

The 2024 ACS Sustainability Summit explored the vital role of chemistry in advancing U.N. Sustainable Development Goal #6: Clean Water and Sanitation. Thoughout the summit, leading experts in academia ...

WASHINGTON, September 25, 2025 - The World Bank Board of Executive Directors today approved the Sierra Leone Water Security and WASH Access Improvement Project. Supported by a $40 million ...

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Who Gives A Crap, the eco-friendly toilet paper company on a mission to help provide everyone in the world with access to clean water and a toilet, has announced their ...