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'Waste' Activist Digs Into The Sanitation Crisis Affecting The Rural Poor

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'Waste' Activist Digs Into The Sanitation Crisis Affecting The Rural Poor

In 2017, a study reported one in three people in one rural Alabama county had been exposed to hookworm. Catherine Coleman Flowers says the study reveals big gaps in sanitation in rural America.

'Waste' Activist Digs Into The Sanitation Crisis Affecting The Rural Poor

Catherine Coleman Flowers is the founding director of the Alabama Center for Rural Enterprise. Michael Carson/The New Press hide caption

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'Waste' Activist Digs Into The Sanitation Crisis Affecting The Rural Poor

'Waste' Activist Digs Into The Sanitation Crisis Affecting The Rural Poor

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