sanitation
the development and application of sanitary measures for the sake of cleanliness, protecting health, etc.
the disposal of sewage and solid waste.
Origin of sanitation
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Nationwide, authorities addressed sanitation issues, and implemented laws and regulations to better protect water resources.
How a Swiss Ski Resort Was Ravaged by Typhoid and Survived | Daniel Malloy | September 9, 2020 | OzyThese projects have complicated processes normally designed by mechanical or sanitation engineers.
Designing the essential and the unseen | Tate Ryan-Mosley | September 8, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewLet’s work also with policymakers, cities, and underdeveloped countries with poor sanitation to better monitor live virus in our waters and treat wastewater appropriately.
Everything we know—and don’t know—about human-to-animal COVID transmission | jakemeth | September 4, 2020 | FortuneHe’s staging pop-up sanitation stations in states from New York to California.
That may consist of a breakdown in a basic step like sanitation, or other protocols that people in our food supply should be following.
The Salmonella Outbreaks Among Peaches and Onions, Explained | Jenny G. Zhang | August 28, 2020 | Eater
New York now employs fewer cops, firefighters, and sanitation workers than it did in 2002.
How Public Sector Unions Divide the Democrats | Daniel DiSalvo | December 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd in a city with large slums and poor sanitation, rats can thrive easily, fleas and all, to spread the plague.
Bubonic Plague Is Back (but It Never Really Left) | Kent Sepkowitz | November 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn CDC-speak, the problem is filed under the vessel sanitation program (VSP).
A Doctor Explains Why Cruise Ships Should Be Banned | Kent Sepkowitz | November 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWith less than a dozen toilets in the entire community, poor sanitation fuels high rates of malaria and lethal cases of diarrhea.
As long as you exercise basic sanitation and cleanliness sort of protocols … I think the risk is relatively low.
Half the army was in hospital from want of proper nourishment and commonsense sanitation.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-PattisonThe question of village sanitation, etc., would have been solved long ago.
Third class in Indian railways | Mahatma GandhiWe all know what American scientific medicine and sanitation is doing in Panama and in the Philippines.
A Civic Biology | George William HunterNotice the excellent sanitation and the unusually high cost of living.
The Complete Club Book for Women | Caroline French BentonIf one is perishing of hunger and thirst, sanitation seems unimportant enough.
The Secret Glory | Arthur Machen
British Dictionary definitions for sanitation
/ (ˌsænɪˈteɪʃən) /
the study and use of practical measures for the preservation of public health
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