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The Big Necessity

This week, we are publishing exclusive excerpts from Rose George's new book, The Big Necessity: The Unmentionable World of Human Waste and Why It Matters, part of which originally appeared in Slate.

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Rose George is the author of The Big Necessity: The Unmentionable World of Human Waste and Why It Matters. She lives in London.
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