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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: bathroom hygiene

bathroom hygiene stories: 3 news summaries

Germaphobes Get a Handle
on Bathrooms

Inventors help the wary leave the loo without touching doorknobs

Feb 15, 08 2:40 PM CST
(Newser) - For germaphobes, few sights elicit as much terror as doorknob in a public bathroom. Sure, you washed your hands, “but then someone else didn’t wash their hands and you have to touch the same door handle,” explains the inventor of the SanitGrip, an L-shaped, elbow-operated handle that... More »

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bathroom hygiene • bacteria • restrooms • inventions • bathroom • toilet • germaphobia • SanitGrasp • James Vallee • Safe-T-Gard • Sanidoor • Simon Sassoon • HYSO • Sanihandles • Matthew Fulkerson

China Opens Giant Public Loo

Visitors take their pick from 1,000 toilet stalls

Jul 7, 07 4:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Time for tourists to ditch the Great Wall and head for the city of Chongqing in southwest China, which recently opened a startling new attraction: a sprawling public restroom. The free facilities lie behind an Egyptian facade that conceals 1,000 toilets spread over four stories and almost 33,000... More »

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China • bathroom hygiene • restrooms • bathroom • toilet

Physicist Wants To Wipe Out Toilet Paper

New one-ply TP is a step to a paperless bathroom

Apr 25, 07 9:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - A German physicist is engineering toilet paper that he says is more efficient  and softer than the familiar white roll. TP visionary Siegfried Hustedt claims a single ply of his new paper—which can "hold its shape longer under pressure"—will be sturdy enough to do the job,... More »

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climate change • global warming • environmentalism • Proctor • hygiene • bathroom hygiene • toilet paper • bathroom • toilet • Sheryl Crow

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