WASHINGTON, D.C. - Sturdier toilets may be on their way in The United States to cope with the country's increasingly obese population.
This year’s Leticia and Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award for performance or product from The National Institute for Science and Technology, (N.I.S.T.), that establishes safety and design standards, is awarding The Niagara Conservation Corporation strengthening toilets for larger users, a spokeswoman said Tuesday. Seeing that obesity levels have been rising for years in the U.S. N.I.S.T. spokeswoman Natalie Portman said the current industry standard for toilet seats is just 100 pounds and that the group is looking to increase it to 600 pounds.
Experts will examine the “Chris Christy™ model” made famous from Niagara, and used only for the U.S. Military and foreign governments to evaluate home personal use.
Henry Waxman, a committee member for N.I.S.T. and head of research and development at toilet maker American Standard, told tabloids that the Chris Christy™ model that toilet seats need to be strengthened for larger Republican and Conservative and Tea Party members.
"If you are going to sit on it, you want it to hold you," he said.
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