A new systematic review suggests that flushing toilets can spew tiny, germy particles high enough in the air that you could easily inhale them. The study found that dirtier toilets ejected more germs ...

Learn more about the particles a toilet flush can launch into the bathroom and how those particles could impact the health of ...

Researchers from Flinders University have found that flushing toilets can release aerosols and bioaerosols into the ...

Toilet flushes are known to produce aerosols, which could carry pathogenic viruses to various surfaces in the restroom. A new study in the American Journal of Infection Control examines the impact of ...

A recent study might make you more wary about your toilet. Researchers from Flinders University in Australia examined the scientific literature on what happens after we flush a toilet. The very act of ...

Toilet lids are weird. Some toilets have them, while many others don’t. And whether or not you are supposed to use them is its own can of worms. Evan Floyd, professor of occupational and environmental ...

Bioaerosol emissions during toilet flushing are an often-overlooked source of potential health risks in shared public facilities. A new study published in Risk Analysis found that bioaerosol ...

Few people go out of their way to touch a toilet. When we inevitably must, it's advisable to always wash your hands afterward, even if the toilet looks clean. That's because a toilet's daily duties ...