Restrooms
WC History: What’s wrong with the modern bathroom?
Modern bathroom design isn’t just inefficient, it can even be unhealthy. As the Guardian reports, “It is hard to find something that we actually got right in the modern bathroom.” From the size of the room — far too small — to the poor ventilation and water waste, the modern-day bathroom, argues writer Lloyd Alter, is in […]
Florida legislation would criminalize trans people’s public bathroom use
If passed, a new bill in Florida (HB 583) would prohibit trans people from using public bathrooms assigned to genders that don’t match the sex they were born with — and the consequences are steep. As Slate reports, “any trans person who enters a ‘single-sex public facility’ that doesn’t match their ‘biological sex’ is guilty of […]
Chicago company limits bathroom breaks to six minutes
A Chicago company has demanded its employees limit daily bathroom breaks to an average of six minutes per day, or face discipline, according to a worker’s union, reports CNN. The union, Teamsters Local 743, issued a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board, stating that the company — WaterSaver Faucet Co. — unreasonably punished 19 workers last […]
Is one of these ‘America’s Best Restroom’?
There are those bathrooms that you enter and find unexpectedly pleasant, and then there are those that are so unbelievable that you insist that everyone you’re with make a trip to the restroom whether or not they have to go. The finalists for Cintas’ America’s Best Restroom Contest were just announced and, unsurprisingly, they tend to […]
Restroom renovation underway to make room for growing number of female senators
The women’s restroom at the Senate is all set for a face lift due to a new record number of female senators. The number of women has increased to 20, which is a fifth of the 113th Senate and the highest so far. The Senate’s infrastructural expansion is a physical acknowledgement of the need to […]
Check out MyDoorSign’s new All-Gender signs
We’ve written extensively on the growing acceptance of all-gender bathrooms, and as awareness has grown, so has the importance of all-gender restroom signs. You may have noticed that we redesigned our all-gender signs (thanks, GLAAD!). We replaced the cisgender-based icon, which social justice activist Sam Killermann criticized, with the simpler imagery he proposed: a toilet. […]
Antibacterial soaps strengthen the bacteria you’re trying to kill
Antibacterial soaps are everywhere. Loaded with floral fragrances and topped with foam-producing pumps, these colorful liquid soaps promise instant hygiene. The obsession with a germ-free lifestyle is such, that antibacterial products have raided our entire home — from the kitchen to the bathroom to the bedroom. And while most of us think that’s a good thing, […]
After a year, contamination still evident in Canada’s top hotel chains
Proper sanitation remains an issue in Canadian hotels, according to an investigation by CBC Marketplace. The investigation, a follow-up to tests conducted last year, concluded that contamination levels in some hotel chains were, in fact, worse than previously detected. In fact, Keith Warriner, the study’s supervisor and one of Canada’s leading microbiologist, said that some […]
Bollywood celeb advocates hand washing at the United Nations General Assembly
Sanitation meets stardom. The 68th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) witnessed Bollywood celeb, Kajol Devgn campaigning for hand washing to reduce child mortality. Kajol advocated the cause at the Social Good Summit held at the UN Week in New York from September 23 to 25. Speaking at the Social Good Summit, along with other notable […]
Guests must ask for clean towels at this green hotel
It’s long been traveler-code: a towel left on the hotel bathroom floor is a cue for housekeeping services to deliver clean replacements. Travelers are well aware of those hotel bathroom signs that notify guests that any towels left on the bathroom floor will be replaced. (Towels that guests leave hanging up are left for their […]