Women Could Play Key Role in Correcting Crisis in Clean Drinking Water and Sanitation Crisis

Monday, August 20, 2012 - 11:50 in Health & Medicine

People in ancient Rome 2,000 years ago had better access to clean water and sanitation that keeps disease-causing human excrement out of contact with people than many residents of the 21st century, a scientist said here today. Women in developing countries could play a major role in remedying the situation, if given the chance, she said at the 244th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society.

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