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Today is the first annual Global Handwashing Day, a new holiday
established by the United Nations to raise awareness about sanity and
public health. Washing our hands after using the bathroom is something
most of us probably take for granted, but the health disparity among
first-world, developing, and third-world countries is stark (and the
correlation between poor hygiene and some killer diseases is very real). As BBC puts it, “nearly half the world’s population do not have access to adequate sanitation.” That is why, today, 120 million children in 70 countries will simultaneously wash their hands with soap and water.
BTW, there is NOT Global Deodorant Day, because you should always wear it.
Because you stink...
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| | Posted 10/16/2008 10:01 AM - 17 Views - 4 eProps - 2 comments
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