courtesy of BBC News, Delhi, India – by Ayanjit Sen
Better hygiene must be practiced, says the rural affairs chief.
Village council candidates in India should be allowed to stand for election only if they have a toilet at home, the rural development minister says.
In a letter to all chief ministers, Raghuvansh Prasad Singh …
courtesy of CNN
The Intelligence Toilet system checks your blood pressure before dispensing advice on diet and exercise.
Health checks from your doctor could be replaced by visits to the bathroom, thanks to a smart toilet developed by a Japanese company.
The ‘Intelligence Toilet’ system, created by Japan’s largest toilet company, Toto, can measure sugar …
Continue reading Clever toilet checks on your healthHEALTH: Thailand will host a world toilet summit in 2006 and has vowed to improve their public toilets for tourists to meet basic international standards.
Deputy Public Health Minister Anuthin Charnveerakul said Bangkok would host the “World Toilet Expo and Public Toilet Forum,” and that China hosted the event in 2004.
He also said that …
Continue reading Thailand to Host World Toilet Summit in 2006Taxpayers own million-dollar biffy
Tom Brodbeck, January 20, 2005
City hall wants the $1-million toilet on the dink bridge open to the public — even if it’s in the middle of a swanky, martini-serving restaurant on the footbridge’s 4,000-square-foot plaza. It seems fair. After all, we paid a million bucks for the award-winning toilet. We …
Continue reading It’s a pay-toilet I’ll useDecember 22, 2004
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CPSC, Robertshaw Controls Company Announce Recall of Certain Models of 7000 Series Gas Control Valves
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CLOSE TO HOME By John McPherson
It was bad enough when Bill headed into the bathroom carrying the Sunday paper.
Now a new evil was entering Gracie’s life.…
Svetlana Vozlinskaya – Pravda (Russia) – Oct. 11, 2003
Toilets pacify and equalize everyone without any exceptions.
The toilet has different names in different countries. It is called a bie zasah gar in Mongolia, it is a bathroom or an outhouse in the US. russian outhouseIn Russia the toilet has a variety of names: it …
Continue reading Peculiarities of National ToiletsSeptember 11, 2003 by Lance Martin – Daily Herald (North Carolina)
ROANOKE RAPIDS – Outdoor toilets are making a comeback, at least during this year’s Relay for Life campaign.
R.J. Myrick, who owns Roanoke Valley Insurance, and Elizabeth Branham, who owns Gotta-Go Port-A-Jons, have teamed up in a unique way to raise funds for the …
Continue reading Outdoor toilets raising money for Relay For LifeSapa-AFP – Sept. 10, 2003
PARIS – In the ideal environmentally-correct home of tomorrow, toilets will flush water recycled from the washing-machine or dish-washer, and showers will emit clouds of mist rather than gush water. With 2003 dubbed International Year of Freshwater by the UN, Europe’s cutting-edge designers this week placed the accent on water …
Continue reading New Toilets Wave Of FutureJuly 8, 2003 – Associated Press
WASHINGTON – Consumers will soon see gas water heaters that are not susceptible to flashback fires, federal safety officials said.
A voluntary standard in place since July 1 equips new tank-type water heaters with new “flame arrestor” safety technology, the Consumer Product Safety Commission said Tuesday.
The technology prevents …
Continue reading New Standard Means Safer Water Heaters