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 Heatersby Marc Morano – June 12, 2003 (CNSNews)
Forget the convenience and sanitation of the flush toilet that industrialized nations have enjoyed for most of the past century.
A growing number of environmentalists are now advocating the expanded use of compost or dry toilets worldwide to combat what they see as an international water crisis.…
Continue reading Flush Toilets Called ‘Environmental Disaster’Emma Ross, Associated Press – May 4, 2003
New scientific findings indicate that feces may be a more important method of spreading the SARS virus than originally thought, the World Health Organization said Sunday.
Although coughing and sneezing remain the chief means of spreading the infection, government scientists in Hong Kong have found that the …
Continue reading New findings indicate feces may be important method of spreading SARSDirk Beveridge, Associated Press – Thursday, April 17, 2003
HONG KONG – The biggest SARS outbreak in Hong Kong spread through the plumbing in an apartment complex after visits from a man sick with the disease, a health official said Thursday.
Water droplets contaminated with the SARS virus may have been sucked out of bathroom …
Continue reading Hong Kong’s worst SARS outbreak spread through apartment building plumbing