As Pakistan struggles with equal access to sanitation, a new project aims to make the city of Karachi cleaner, healthier and ...

PREGNANT teenage drug mule Bella Culley has been surviving on pasta boiled in a kettle and bread toasted over a candle in a grim ex-Soviet jail, her mum has revealed. Bella, 19, who claims she was ...

Visitors to London train stations will remember having to insert a coin to use the toilet. But cheeky restroom authorities in China are now going a step further – and people think they're seriously ...

Traditional Indian squat toilets, while beneficial for digestion due to natural body alignment, pose cardiovascular risks, especially for those with hypertension. Studies reveal a link between ...

We have not found an efficient solution to functioning public toilets in India. Over 11 crore household latrines and 2.23 lakh community complexes have been built under SBM(G), according to the ...

Across many parts of Asia, squat toilets are being phased out, particularly in urban areas and public facilities, as comfort and convenience increasingly emerge as overriding considerations. But even ...

Taiwan’s environment ministry is considering plans to phase out squat toilets in public facilities to improve hygiene and accessibility. Currently, about 54% of public toilets are seated, below the ...

Bioaerosol emissions during toilet flushing are an often-overlooked source of potential health risks in shared public facilities. A new study published in Risk Analysis found that bioaerosol ...