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 Photo by Sergio Dionisio/Getty Images When microbiologist Charles Gerba, Ph.D., tested for microbes in the bathrooms of commercial jets, he found surfaces from faucets to doorknobs to be contaminated with E. coli ...
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 Back in the early days with Crappy Boy, I couldn't wait for him to no longer use diapers. To be diaper free! Diaper free sucks. Don't fall for that potty training propaganda ... Once he was out of diapers I realized just how much harder it was. Public bathrooms are not fun places to take grabby kids who like to explore everything. And the toilets aren't exactly the right size for a person who is roughly three feet tall... I have to go to the bathroom to wash my hands and [my friend's daughter] has to pee. So I offer to take her. She wishes me "good luck" and hums a smug little happy song as we walk away ... When we get into the bathroom ... it occurs to me that her little girl can't masterfully squat above the toilet seat without touching it like I can ... The toilet seat cover dispenser is empty ... [so] I get to work making a toilet paper patchwork quilt on the seat ... I have to work very fast because she is doing the pee dance already. I help pull down her underwear to her ankles and start to plop her on the toilet. And then realize that she will just fall straight in if I let go ... Why is her butt so tiny? This is no good. Oh, I see the problem! Her underwear can't be on both ankles because she needs to spread her legs to anchor herself and balance. So I slip it over one shoe and leave it around the other ankle. I continue to hold her steady ... And we have pee! I did it! ... As I'm patting myself on the back, I notice her foot. The one with the underwear clinging to it. It is swinging. With two little shakes, the underwear slips over her shoe ... And it falls onto the sticky, urine lacquered floor ... The public toilet is the enemy ... Read full article at Huffington Post
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Editorial Team March 7, 2014 Many occasions last week tugged at my conscience, primarily because of a series of events. Two ladies were planning their shopping itinerary, seated in a McDonald’s in south Delhi, till their drifting conversation hit me that the whole expedition was centered on one thing – clean toilets. The next day I overheard another lady refusing to sip tea or coffee before heading out. Politely, she stated, no fluids, on the days she steps out, lest she should have to use a restroom outside. Later that evening, I ventured out for a walk ... The sight of a young woman walker, barely fifty yards ahead of me, stepping off the track to relieve herself embarrassed and shook my standing as a resident ... This huge park acquired a spanking new toilet block in 2010 as a part of the Commonwealth Games largesse. When I used it just months later, I nearly fainted, even before reaching it. I know why the jogger chose the shrubs over the never-cleaned toilet block... The absence of enough functional restrooms in public places for women is not only a matter of dignity and healthcare, but also of safety...The June 19, 2012 issue of Time magazine pointed to the vast health issues that women contend with in absence of public restrooms. “To avoid the need to urinate, they often withhold hydration, a practice resulting in high rates of urinary-tract infections, heat strokes and other health problems” ... With inputs from IANS/ By Sanjiv Kataria Read full article at Women’s Day 2014: When will Indian women have public toilets that aren’t dirty and unhygienic  By Eric Pfeiffer
September 11, 2013 11:58 PM Everyone should wash their hands after using the restroom, right? However, a team of scientists says the hygienic practice may not be as clean as thought – that’s because the hand soap in 25 percent of public restrooms may could be dirty – even more contaminated than toilet water. The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports that microbiologists at GOJO Industries say that contaminated soap oftentimes contains so much fecal matter that it leaves your hands dirtier than before you washed them. GOJO says there could be so much bacteria in the soap that coming in contact with it could lead to vomiting, fever, diarrhea or pink eye. "It was disgusting," University of Arizona professor Charles P. Gerba said of the GOJO study, which was published in the Journal of Environmental Health. "We didn't find any new life forms, but we found plenty of coliform bacteria. I never dreamed there could be so many bacteria in soap."... Their study ... said the bacteria is formed from airborne contaminents that come in contact with the soap when containers are refilled ... Based on the results from the study GOJO microbiology scientist Dave Shumaker said an individual could leave a restroom with 25 times more bacteria on their hands than before they first walked in. Even more disturbing, the study found that attempting to clean the soap dispensers, even when using bleach, made little to no difference over time. "Within two weeks, the soap inside the dispenser was just as contaminated as before the cleaning," Shumaker said. "You could end up going into a public restroom and coming out dirtier than you were before," he told the Plain Dealer. Read full article at Restroom soap may be dirtier than toilet water Last weekend my wife and I spent the day on the water with friends. Our boat is quite small with a center consul (small storage area without a toilet). Our friends have a much larger boat with a cabin and toilet (which is great except for the fact that there were fifteen of us and as you can imagine not enough toilets for the nine girls). Fortunately, we had our GottaTinkle! with us when our daughter had to pee (and could not wait). She simply took her GottaTinkle! into the small center consul storage area, pee'd within a minute, and was ready for more fun and sun!!! |
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