Paul Jacob Recommend this article  Every time I flush the
toilet, I think of Congress.   It's been over a decade now that
Americans have had to put up with ineffective toilets, toilets
that don't flush properly. In 1992, supposedly to save water,
Congress mandated that all newly manufactured home toilets flush
with less water than the industry had previously set as
standard. Instead of flushing with over three gallons of rushing
water, toilets were mandated to flush with no more than 1.6
gallons.  And, with this, American frustration with their
toilets began in earnest.  Now, to benefit those readers from
the nearby star Fomalhaut lurking in our midst ? alien creatures
who may lack excretory systems ? some explanation is in order.
For the rest of us, I'll keep this brief.  Human beings, like
all animals, must process food to survive. But not everything
that goes in is usable for nourishment, so the inutile matter is
excreted out in liquid and solid forms. This much science and
common sense tell us with certai