courtesy of ADNKRONOS International, Mumbai
(AKI) – A person who doesn’t have a toilet at home, can’t have a political career. This is the rule applied in some local administrations in southern India and may soon be applied to Mumbai and the state of Maharashtra. According sources within the state’s administration, of which Mumbai is …
Continue reading India: No Career in Politics Without a Toilet at Homecourtesy of YorkRegion.com – Chris Traber
Workplaces, particularly during the cold and flu season, can be hazardous to your health, according to local and American health experts.
The average work station is a veritable bacteria cafeteria infested with more germs per square inch than the office toilet seat, a recent University of Arizona study revealed.…
Continue reading Toilet seats often cleaner than your desk at workcourtesy 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 …
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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 use