there are some cool ideas about local maintenance and ownership in the reported community-led total sanitation. we shouldn’t be too hasty to overlook the ‘conceptual ownership’ aspect, though. It’s really important that there is responsibility delegated for taking care of a toilet or latrine. i have encountered plenty of toilets – and lines for toiletsContinueContinue reading “toilets: the importance of ownership (also, really, the iPad of commodes?)”
Daily Archives: 21 February 2012
If it doesn’t kill them, it makes them stronger (II)
Yes, adding antibiotics to animal feed can spur the development of super-bugs. “It’s like watching the birth of a superbug,” says Lance Price of the Translational Genomics Research Institute, or TGen, in Flagstaff, Arizona. “Initially we could always trace it back to livestock exposure,” Price says. “But now we are starting to see cases of resistant strainsContinueContinue reading “If it doesn’t kill them, it makes them stronger (II)”
It would seem remiss not to honor the passing of a former pirate
I need to do a serious resume comparison and start making some improvements. Thanks for the inspiration.
Heather E. Lanthorn 