Designed to keep patrons from having to touch handles in public restrooms, automatic toilets have created another problem — many young children are afraid to use them. Karen Deerwester, author of The ...

Here's a topic that many moms out there have had to deal with. Even The New York Times took up the matter a few years ago in a story headlined "For Children, a Scary World Out There (in There, Too).".

In theory, toilets that flush automatically are the ideal bathroom update. They're more sanitary, have no handles to break, are more handicap friendly, don't waste water, and best of all, there's no ...

If you’re stuck at home in the middle of a water (or power) outage, there’s a good chance you’ll end up reaching for the biggest bowl, pot, or bucket you can find. It’s a relatively open secret that ...

You might notice I’m particularly obsessed with toilets these past two months. Being cooped up in the house makes the necessaries in the home all the more important. Over the years, there has been an ...

When it comes to toilet etiquette, do you put the lid down before you flush or leave it up? If you said leave it up, the results of a new study by researchers at the Asan Medical Center in South Korea ...

Most times when I use an automatic-flush toilet in a commercial building, it flushes two to three times. Do automatic-flush toilets waste or save water? – Ed Zajac, Orangevale Your experience is ...

I. Hate. Auto-flush. Toilets.<BR><BR>You know, the ones that supposedly flush when you stand up.<BR><BR>Well.. the one that's closest to me doesn't quite do that. Instead, it flushes when I'm still on ...

In a bid to solve the problem of stinking public urinals, students of the mechanical engineering department at Velammal College of Engineering and Technology have come up with an innovative urinal ...