One of the most basic amenities that we take for granted here in the US today, it is difficult to even imagine what life would be like without the toilet. But for much of the developing world, there is no need to imagine, as life without adequate …
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PCs dirtier than toilet seats????
Sunday, November 6th, 2011And, the authors point out, a 2007 study from the University of Arizona found the average desktop has 100 times more bacteria than a kitchen table and 400 times more than the average toilet seat. “Treat your desktop like you would your kitchen table …
Check your toilet for costly leaks
Tuesday, October 18th, 2011Finding out whether you’ve got a leak is easy. Fixing one takes a bit longer.
$42 million to Reinvent the Toilet?
Thursday, October 6th, 2011Who invented the toilet? While Thomas Crapper is commonly given credit for inventing the first flushing toilet in the late 1800s, it actually was Sir John Harrington a British nobleman who first engineered and invented a valve that …
Total Approach to ‘Green’ Toileting
Tuesday, October 4th, 2011New research is revealing that it is not only more hygienic to use a ‘wash and dry’ toilet, but also kinder to the planet! Almost 80% of infectious diseases are passed on by human contact, and on average only 50% of people wash their hands after …
How To Clean Your Toilet With Coke
Tuesday, September 20th, 2011Is your toilet full of limescale and other nasty stains that you just can’t get rid of with conventional methods?
Now, a solar-toilet to turn human waste into power
Friday, September 16th, 2011A scientist, who has been experimenting with solar-powered water treatment on a small scale, is now planning to incorporate the technology into a portable toilet. Michael Hoffmann at the California Institute of Technology found that sunlight …
We’d rather have Facebook than a flushing toilet?
Monday, September 12th, 2011You see, according to a new survey about life’s necessities, people with bladders far stronger and larger than mine would rather have Facebook in their lives than a toilet. Take that, overrated excretory system! Facebook, on the other hand, …
$13,698 to Unclog a Toilet?
Wednesday, August 24th, 2011A 73-year-old man who called plumbers to unclog a toilet says they stuck him with a bill for $13698. He claims that “part of the employees’ job description” at Flat Rate Plumbing “is to ‘upsell’ the consumer. …
Bathroom Bad Boy Causes 7.8 Million Gallon Water Dump
Thursday, August 18th, 2011A man’s bathroom misconduct has caused headaches for city officials.
