Poop Ship: Can we learn something?

There was lots of TV coverage of the Poop Ship but those conditions are normal for Millions.


 At one point described as a “floating petri dish,” the ship was completely  unable to process sewage, leading to leaks throughout the halls of the vessel and passengers sleeping above deck to escape the smell.
For all of the laughs the seeming absurdity of the coverage has generated, it belies an actual crisis that people live through every day across the globe. As of 2011,  2.6 billion people around the world lacked access to adequate sanitation globally according to the World Health Organization. That leads to defecation in areas where it can flow into water sources, which in turn opens the door to exposure to water-born diseases like diarrhea, cholera, dysentery, typhoid, and hepatitis A.


http://www.alternet.org/water/how-cnns-wall-wall-poop-ship-coverage-failed-highlight-pressing-global-health-issue?akid=10072.294211.IEeH9d&rd=1&src=newsletter796377&t=21