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why the siting of pit latrines important?

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Pit latrines can cause human health problems and have ecological impacts, if they contaminate groundwater.  Bacteria, nitrates, ammonia, etc. leach into the surrounding soil and eventually the groundwater.  There's a detailed description here:

http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/1206028/

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