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Unflushed Toilet

  • 17-05-2004 2:58pm
    #1
    Cactus Col
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,457 ✭✭✭


    Hello,

    there's a broken toilet where I work, it is unflushable at the moment, however, somebody decided to use it. It now contains what seems to be a large amount of matter (you can probably guess what kind). This has been the case for the past month or so. I do not know why this toilet has not been cleaned or fixed.

    Could somebody please let me know all the health implications from leaving a toilet filled with fecal matter unflushed for such a long time.

    Cheers


Comments

  • #2
    Lafortezza
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,806 ✭✭✭Lafortezza


    It would probably be a bit stinky. Apart from that unless you mistake it for the wash hand basin you shouldn't be at too much of a risk. all imho of course, I'm no expert on things that are full of shit.


  • #3
    bus77
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,313 ✭✭✭bus77


    leave it long enough and it might evolve into somthing :dunno:


  • #4
    GuanYin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,552 ✭✭✭✭GuanYin


    Originally posted by Cactus Col
    Hello,

    there's a broken toilet where I work, it is unflushable at the moment, however, somebody decided to use it. It now contains what seems to be a large amount of matter (you can probably guess what kind). This has been the case for the past month or so. I do not know why this toilet has not been cleaned or fixed.

    Could somebody please let me know all the health implications from leaving a toilet filled with fecal matter unflushed for such a long time.

    Cheers

    Depends what you do with it, they should definitely have someone out to treat it as its a breach of public health in the work place.

    Off hand the ones I could think of would be Shigellosis (Dysentery), Poliomyelitis, Hep A, any number of gastro related diseases, Encephalitis, Cryptosporidiosis and bacterial gastro infections (E. Coli, Campy).

    Children and pregnant women are most at risk.


  • #5
    DriftingRain
    Closed Accounts Posts: 965 ✭✭✭DriftingRain


    leave it long enough and it might evolve into somthing

    EWWWWWWWWWW
    Good God...
    Call a someone yourself!
    Nasty stinky toilets are gross!

    ~DR~


  • #6
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,857 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Pour a bucket of water down...

    If you can't get the stuff they use in chemical toilets (camping stores) try bleach at least .

    Health implications - guess where most internal parasites lay thier eggs ?
    Can you guarantee that no flies go from A to B ?


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  • #7
    pork99
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,746 ✭✭✭pork99


    Originally posted by bus77
    leave it long enough and it might evolve into somthing :dunno:

    which gets a job as an estate agent/2FM dj/advertising executive/chairman of ComReg


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