But the lavatory mystery has been solved. “Open front seats and elongated toilet bowls for public restrooms minimize the risk of the user coming in contact with possible contamination from a ...

Experts, including Hugo Aguilar of the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (IAPMO), explained that open front toilet seats were designed to keep people from spreading ...

Open-front toilet seats — sometimes referred to as “U-shaped” or “split” seats — are almost exclusively affixed to toilets in publicly accessible bathrooms or commercial spaces.

Each time you flush with an open toilet lid, you’re unknowingly creating what researchers call a “toilet plume” – an invisible mist containing microscopic particles that can travel ...

A campaign group made up of mothers is celebrating after a council agreed to open an accessible toilet at a popular attraction for longer.Mums on a Mission, from Swindon, all have children with ...

When you leave the toilet seat up, the increased moisture from flushing can add to this issue. The airborne particles from an open toilet bowl can exacerbate these conditions, triggering allergies ...

The mystery of the horseshoe-shaped toilet seats in public restrooms has finally been answered. Henryk Sadura – stock.adobe.com “Open front seats and elongated toilet bowls for public ...