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Failure to meet United Nations sanitation target could affect millions of the world's poorest

03-15-2007 · EurekAlert!

Worldwide, billions of people lack access to a reliable source of safe drinking water and basic sanitation facilities. To address the problem, the United Nations established the Target 10 initiative, which aims to halve the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation by 2015. Now, halfway to the deadline, experts warn that the United Nations may not achieve the sanitation target.

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