In a survey of people living in Lowndes County, an area with a long history of racial discrimination and inequality, it found that 34% tested positive for genetic traces of Necator americanus. The open sewer was festooned with mosquitoes, and a long cordon of ants could be seen trailing along the waste pipe from the house. The challenge to places like Lowndes County is not to restore existing public infrastructure, as Trump has promised, because there is no public infrastructure here to begin with. When the rains come, the soil becomes saturated, overwhelming inadequate waste systems and providing a perfect breeding ground for hookworm. Only two of them have septic tanks, the rest just pipe raw waste into the surrounding woods and creeks.

Source: The Guardian September 05, 2017 15:53 UTC