They may have all but disappeared from newly built homes, but traditional Japanese squat toilets are still found in places ...

Understand the risks of using a public restroom. Learn how toilet design impacts bacteria levels and your health.

There are two main types of toilets: Western-style (sitting) and Indian-style (squatting). Both are common, but they have very different effects on your body. The way you sit while using the ...

All of this diminishes the chances of any foreign tourist encountering the dreaded Gonggongcesuo (public toilet in the oriental style which requires squatting over an open trough) thanks to a ...

A large part of the eastern world uses squatting toilets-- toilets that do not allow you to sit and force you to take a more primal position. So you're probably not gonna go home and remove your ...

A study conducted by Chinese researchers using ' squat toilets,' also known as Japanese-style toilets, which are common in Asia, found that this type of toilet, which is still commonly found in ...

arguing that the majority of toilets were still traditional Japanese-style squat toilets. "Most people have Western-style sitting toilets in their homes, and these offer greater comfort ...

(Unsplash) A study in Risk Analysis compared squat toilets to bidet-style ones, finding that squat toilets spread more bacteria—2.6 times more S. aureus and 1.4 times more E. coli. The design of ...

One contained a squat toilet and the other a bidet toilet. Scientists measured the emissions of bioaerosols containing S. aureus and E. coli under various flushing conditions and ventilation ...

They found that squat toilets released 42-62% more S. aureus bacteria and 16-27% more E. coli bacteria than bidet toilets. In addition, bioaerosol concentrations were 25 to 43 percent (S.