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Stinky sanitation inventions / by Katie Marsico.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Marsico, Katie, 1980- author.
- Series:
- Awesome inventions you use every day.
- Awesome inventions you use every day
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sanitation--Technological innovations--Juvenile literature.
- Sanitation.
- Hygiene--Technological innovations--Juvenile literature.
- Hygiene.
- Public health--Technological innovations--Juvenile literature.
- Public health.
- Environmental health--Technological innovations--Juvenile literature.
- Environmental health.
- Inventions--Juvenile literature.
- Inventions.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (32 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : Lerner Publications Company, [2014]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Did you know that people with rakes used to do the work of garbage trucks? Or that porta-potties were put on ships to keep workers from running to shore for bathroom breaks? Get ready to learn the odd stories behind inventions you use every day. From the T.P. of Chinese emperors to the landfills of ancient Greece, you'll find out how we got the sanitation inventions that keep us healthy and keep the world smelling fresh.
- Contents:
- Flushable Toilets
- Portable Toilets
- Toilet Paper
- Disposable Diapers
- Sewers
- Pooper Scoopers
- Garbage Trucks
- Incinerators
- Landfills
- Garbage Disposals
- Disinfectants
- Air Fresheners
- Glossary.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 31) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-5415-0671-5
- 1-5124-6016-8
- 1-4677-1686-3
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