human excreta in a sentence
Examples
- A specific Indian problem is also the ( officially prohibited ) " manual scavenging " which is connected to the officially banned caste system, and relates to unsafe and undignified emptying of toilets and pits, as well as handling of raw, untreated human excreta.
- It was one of the causes for abandoning the prevailing practice of collecting human excreta from urban settlements and reusing them in the surrounding farmland ( nowadays referred to as the ecosan approach of " closing the loop " when done in a safe manner ).
- A pit latrine with a slab, a ventilated improved pit latrine and a pour flush pit latrine connected to a pit or septic tank are counted as being " improved sanitation " facilities as they are more likely to hygienically separate human excreta from human contact.
- All contagious diseases, such as the common cold, chickenpox or measles, are infectious, but many infectious diseases, such as typhoid, syphilis or AIDS, are not contagious ( being spread by other means of transmission, such as contamination of food or water by infected human excreta, by sexual contact, or by contaminated blood ).