Shortages of critical consumer products in Japan and Venezuela alert governments to action. At opposite ends of the body, citizens are reaching out for an answer. With a possible toilet paper shortage in Japan, September is ‘Toilet Paper Awareness Month’. Millions of people take part in an annual drill every Sept. when, during a given […]
We’re flushed with new technology. Will America sit for it?
The lids lift automatically. The seats heat up. Built-in bidets make cleanup as easier than wiping your nose with a handkerchief. Some of them even sync with users’ smartphones via Bluetooth so that you can program your favorite music through speakers built into the bowl. Who among us hasn’t secretly wished to eliminate today’s […]
Fukushima plant spreading its ‘glow’ around the world
A spokeswoman for the US Food and Drug Administration (Motto: Go ahead and eat it, it won’t kill you) said that consumers of fish ‘shouldn’t be concerned’ about new disclosures of radioactive water leaking into the Pacific Ocean near the site of the Fukushima nuclear plant in japan. This is similar to their caveat about […]