I have a friend who spent some time in Osaka teaching .. and according to
him, there are not that many toilets in the rather semi-private restrooms,
and some are merely holes in the floor one is supposed to squat over. heh
Interesting tho..
lucy

"Dee Randall" deedoveyatshenteldotnet wrote in message
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"veteran" wrote in message
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I have heard that bacteria can travel 10 feet when the toilet is flushed.
didn't i hear of a study that proved that?
like another reason to put the lid down.
Patriotism is supporting your country all
the time and the government when it deserves it.
-Mark Twain

I believe the Japanese have on the market a toilet that backflushes the
smell (my paraphrase). Is not smell made up of molecules/bacteria (or
whatever)?
I think one could find this scientific evidence somewhere -- perhaps this
is not the best place to get scientific advise. [:-}