Toilet tech fair tackles global sanitation woes

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Toilet tech fair tackles global sanitation woes

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/toilet-tech-fair-tackles-global-sanitation-woes-103212925.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/.pd8fGSh42kAYBpASvDz3A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/e5db45766a272a0b4f0f6a706700ce0c.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this Friday, March 21, 2014 photo, an exhibitor from Loughborough University demonstrates the use of a toilet during Reinvent The Toilet Fair in New Delhi, India. Scientists who accepted the Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation’s challenge to reinvent the toilet showcased their inventions in the Indian capital Saturday. The primary goal: to sanitize waste, use minimal water or electricity, and produce a usable product at low cost. India is by far the worst culprit, with more than 640 million people defecating in the open and producing a stunning 72,000 tons of human waste each day - the equivalent weight of almost 10 Eiffel Towers or 1,800 humpback whales. (AP Photo/Tsering Topgyal)" align="left" title="In this Friday, March 21, 2014 photo, an exhibitor from Loughborough University demonstrates the use of a toilet during Reinvent The Toilet Fair in New Delhi, India. Scientists who accepted the Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation’s challenge to reinvent the toilet showcased their inventions in the Indian capital Saturday. The primary goal: to sanitize waste, use minimal water or electricity, and produce a usable product at low cost. India is by far the worst culprit, with more than 640 million people defecating in the open and producing a stunning 72,000 tons of human waste each day - the equivalent weight of almost 10 Eiffel Towers or 1,800 humpback whales. (AP Photo/Tsering Topgyal)" border="0" /></a>NEW DELHI (AP) â€" Who would have expected a toilet to one day filter water, charge a cellphone or create charcoal to combat climate change?</p><br clear="all"/>

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