, In a picture on Allafrica.com a man was featured defecating directly into a canal in Lagos State. These practices do have an economic effect. The same report as stated in a Vanguard.com article noted that this practice costs $1 billion a year in Nigeria. $2.5 is lost from premature death, 90% of which is due to the consumption of unsanitary water. However, the water issue is not restricted to defecation by people, but also by industries. ,

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