While there may not be an online diarrhea counter, the rest really isn't true. It was one of Modi's major campaign issues when he ran for PM in India. In his first two years in office he had built or established funding for over a million toilets. It's also one of the issues that the Gates Foundation is trying to tackle in Africa. Plus, the US Army has funded a lot of research into this because it affects troop readiness - especially for special operations - in the nastier parts of the globe.

Bill Mitchell seems like a good dude overall, but sometimes he posts some stupid stuff. This is one of them.