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 ...

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 ...

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Q: 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 A: Your experience is ...

A three-year-old starts having accidents at home after a bad experience with an automatic flush toilet at a local restaurant. Here's a topic that many moms out there have had to deal with. Even The ...

It’s a common scene: You’re hovering above the toilet in some airport or rest stop, when, mid-stream, the toilet beneath you starts flushing. By the time you’ve finished relieving yourself, the ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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).".