The Jungle
What sanitation problems did the author present?
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The author presents numerous sanitation problems through the book.
Homes:
• no clean water
• no sweage systems
•neighborhoods built on garbage dumps
Factories:
• the use of diseased cattle
• people falling into the tanks to their deaths, only to be used for lard or fertilizer
• spoiled meat sent out for sale
• dead rodents thrown in with the meat
The Jungle