This petition is calling for
1) Air systems for all public restrooms in the USA. 
2) Every public restroom within the city limits will be assigned a unique identifier number.

Exhausting Restroom Air: A Survival Infrastructure Imperative

The Problem
Public restrooms are confined spaces where toilet flushing aerosolizes pathogens (E. coli, S. aureus, norovirus). Without proper ventilation, these bioaerosols persist, increasing the risk of infection for everyone.
You’ve seen it — a dark room, a beam of sunlight, and "dust motes" appearing, swirling like dancers, never landing, just lingering. Dust carries fibers, skin cells, pollen, mold spores, and pollutants.
A door opens. People move. A hand dryer blasts. The "Problem" is that the Norovirus uses dust as a taxi.
Dust clears when fresh air moves. Pathogens clear only when restrooms exhaust their full air volume.

What the Act Requires
1. Safer Air Systems
Every public restroom must exhaust its full air volume every 5 minutes — vented outside, never recirculated.
2. A National Restroom Registry
Every restroom gets a unique ID for:

• Standardized monitoring
• Faster response to failures
• Stronger accountability

Key Takeaways

1. Restroom air is not harmless.
2. Flushing sends pathogens airborne.
3. Ventilation reduces pathogen levels by 2–10×.

 Seven Citations Supporting Exhausting Contaminated Air

1. CDC: Ventilation Reduces Airborne Virus Spread.
2. EPA: Restroom air should be exhausted outdoors.
3. CDPH: Recommends 5 air changes per hour.
4. Nature Scientific Reports: Flushing creates airborne bioaerosols; ventilation reduces them.
5. Society for Risk Analysis: Exhaust fans cut bacteria up to 10×.
6. News‑Medical: Restroom bioaerosols exceed CDC safety levels without ventilation.
7. StudyFinds: Ventilation reduces airborne bacteria up to 2.2×.

Paper Towels vs. Air‑Dryers
Dry Safe, Not Dirty

• Jet dryers spread particles at face height.
• They blow microbes back onto clean hands.
• They recirculate toilet plume aerosols.
• Paper towels remove bacteria — no aerosolization.

What studies show: Cleveland Clinic, Harvard Health, Times of India, and Aerosol Science & Technology all confirm that jet dryers spread contamination.

Public restrooms must protect us — not infect us.
In a crisis, survival depends on handwashing, clean facilities, and dignity.

 “If San Diego can do it, every city can.”

• San Diego: 1 restroom per 3,900 people
• Philadelphia & Dallas: 1 restroom per 20,000+
• NYC: 1 per 11,900
• Large U.S. cities: 1 per 10,000

Tens of thousands of people sharing one restroom is a public health hazard.

Public restrooms are frontline defenses. Without them, handwashing collapses.

 “Armor isn’t optional — it’s survival.”

• UN Water: Restrooms are frontline defenses.
• CDC: Dignity and survival depend on access.
• WHO: Restrooms are survival infrastructure.
• OSHA: This is public health — not plumbing.

You are here now, make the moment count, sign the petition.