Rémy SALEUR, creator of Distrimix, demonstrates his invention, a device that moistens toilet paper. In the background, the logo "Distrimix, l'hygiène de l'an 2000" carved in a fields.
He is a clever inventor from Alençon who has just been awarded the prize of the Lépine contest for his "cultural" toilet paper, an idea of genius to put a little salt in our everyday gestures
On the occasion of the France Japan Symposium on toilets at the Institut Pasteur in Paris, report on prejudices around toilets in these two countries. The Japanese are very attentive to their toilets and shocked by some French practices. Kobei YAMAMOTO, general secretary of the French Association of Toilets, declares about the "ladies pee": "At us it is inconceivable to pay to relieve oneself". Moreover in Japan, one never sits on a toilet, question of hygiene, while in France the cleanliness of public places remains a myth... Isabelle MONROZIER, author of the book "Where are the toilets?" Recalls that three out of ten motorists stopping at washrooms on highway areas do not flush. She thinks that we "behave in the toilets as when we were children on the potty and that it was Mom who passed behind to clean everything"... On the other hand, the Japanese envy us the sanisette, the most visited monument of the capital!
Most Chinese do not have toilets at home. Mao Tse Toung imposed public toilets. And the locals have to go outside for their needs... In Beijing, Zhang YING, director of urban cleanliness, recalls that in the old city of Beijing there were toilets in the yards of houses but that public toilets were built in the 1960s. In the old quarters, there is a foul smell from these toilets, which are simple trenches. One resident says that there is no solution: "We are only small people, but summer smells very bad"...
Report on hygiene among peasants in the 19th century. Henriette BRETHEREAU, head of the Père Mousset Museum in Vrigny, explains how people managed to do their natural needs in the absence of toilets.
Since April 29, the Museum aquarium de Nancy presents an exhibition on the theme of poop, playful and very serious, which is aimed at young and old... Lucile GUITTIENNE, head of collections, shows the evolution of toilets over time and recalls that 6 to 7 kilos of toilet paper are used per person...
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