For decades, the toilet industry had a standard way of testing a toilet's flushing capabilities: tossing ¾-inch plastic balls into the bowl and pulling the handle. But there was one problem: Toilets that are fantastic at flushing down ¾-inch plastic balls sometimes falter under real-world conditions.
A few years ago, researchers began pondering a better test. After scouring grocery aisles for alternatives, they settled on using miso, which is made primarily of cooked soybeans.
But not all manufacturers are crazy about the new test. They say it's more expensive. Plastic balls are reuseable; miso isn't. A 20-kilogram tub of the stuff costs about $200. This works out to just over $5 per test on a toilet.
2 comments:
So dumb, why dont they go get a king sized Snickers bar. put a slight crack in the middle...then flush it. That seems to be as real world as you can get.
I can just imagine one of the accountants sitting there looking over the books after buying all the miso and saying "This shit's getting expensive."
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