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Rose George quotes: The biggest container ship can carry fifteen thousand boxes. It can hold 746 million bananas, one for every European, on one ship.

The biggest container ship can carry fifteen thousand boxes. It can hold 746 million bananas, one for every European, on one ship.

Rose George quotes: In the early 19th century, they tried selling soap as healthy. No one bought it. They tried selling it as sexy, and everyone bought it.

In the early 19th century, they tried selling soap as healthy. No one bought it. They tried selling it as sexy, and everyone bought it.

Rose George quotes: There are more than one hundred thousand ships at sea carrying all the solids, liquids and gases that we need to live.

There are more than one hundred thousand ships at sea carrying all the solids, liquids and gases that we need to live.

Rose George quotes: I'd grown up thinking that a [sanitary toilet] was my right, when in fact it's a privilege - 2.5 billion people worldwide have no adequate toilet.

I'd grown up thinking that a [sanitary toilet] was my right, when in fact it's a privilege - 2.5 billion people worldwide have no adequate toilet.

Rose George quotes: Some countries have more water than others - some can afford to use clean water to flush their poop away, and some can't.

Some countries have more water than others - some can afford to use clean water to flush their poop away, and some can't.

Rose George quotes: Half of the hospital beds in sub-Saharan Africa are filled with people suffering from what are generally known as water-related diseases.

Half of the hospital beds in sub-Saharan Africa are filled with people suffering from what are generally known as water-related diseases.

Rose George quotes: I like that Maersk is a first name. It's like a massive global corporation named Derek.

I like that Maersk is a first name. It's like a massive global corporation named Derek.

Rose George quotes: Ninety percent of what we wear, we eat, we consume is carried by ships ... Container ships carry a vast amount of stuff.

Ninety percent of what we wear, we eat, we consume is carried by ships ... Container ships carry a vast amount of stuff.

Rose George quotes: Sewage works that serve big cities run into trouble when the cities grow up around them.

Sewage works that serve big cities run into trouble when the cities grow up around them.

Rose George quotes: Before containers, transport costs ate up 25 percent of the value of whatever was being shipped.

Before containers, transport costs ate up 25 percent of the value of whatever was being shipped.

Rose George quotes: We are using the same water that the dinosaurs drank, and this same water has to make ice creams in Pasadena and the morning frost in Paris.

We are using the same water that the dinosaurs drank, and this same water has to make ice creams in Pasadena and the morning frost in Paris.

Rose George quotes: Diarrhoea is the reason you can have a malnourished child in a well-fed family.

Diarrhoea is the reason you can have a malnourished child in a well-fed family.

Rose George quotes: The humble latrine, or flush toilet, reduces disease by twice as much as just putting in clean water.

The humble latrine, or flush toilet, reduces disease by twice as much as just putting in clean water.

Rose George quotes: Sending a container from Shanghai to Le Havre emits fewer greenhouse gases than the truck that takes the container on to Lyon.

Sending a container from Shanghai to Le Havre emits fewer greenhouse gases than the truck that takes the container on to Lyon.

Rose George quotes: The more ships have grown in size and consequence, the more their place in our imagination has shrunk.

The more ships have grown in size and consequence, the more their place in our imagination has shrunk.

Rose George quotes: In Los Angeles, half of all smog from sulfur dioxide comes in from ships.

In Los Angeles, half of all smog from sulfur dioxide comes in from ships.

Rose George quotes: Felixstowe, the United Kingdom's largest port, stops work only for Christmas Day and for crane-toppling Force 9 gales.

Felixstowe, the United Kingdom's largest port, stops work only for Christmas Day and for crane-toppling Force 9 gales.

Rose George quotes: Night is the best time to visit sewers, because the businesses dispelling the most waste are closed, and the flows are calmer.

Night is the best time to visit sewers, because the businesses dispelling the most waste are closed, and the flows are calmer.

Rose George quotes: Everything in a modern container port is enormous, overwhelming, crushing.

Everything in a modern container port is enormous, overwhelming, crushing.

Rose George quotes: Research into endometriosis is as scanty as funding.

Research into endometriosis is as scanty as funding.