It’s no secret that bathrooms are full of germs. We all regularly wash our hands after using the loo and have a host of powerful cleaning products to leave our toilets sparkling clean. But there’s one ...

Flushing the toilet feels automatic. You stand up, press the button and walk away without really thinking about it. The sound ...

A scientist wants to clear the air on how bathroom habits impact overall cleanliness. Microbiologist Tim Call, 32, has exposed how dirty your bathroom is before and after flushing the toilet. Cal, ...

Despite businesses reopening and states relaxing their stay at home restrictions, the threat of COVID-19 still looms large. The biggest risk comes from close person-to-person contact, since the ...

Flushing the toilet without closing the lid risks spreading germs like the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, according to a study. The authors of the paper, published in the journal Physics of Fluids, ...

Every time you flush a toilet, it releases plumes of tiny water droplets into the air around you. These droplets, called aerosol plumes, can spread pathogens from human waste and expose people in ...

It turns out there is something worse to fear than just sitting on a public toilet. Flushing it spews a whole host of airborne gunk. Scientists at the University of Colorado Boulder used laser lights ...

Bathrooms are a breeding ground for bacteria, making it essential to find ways to keep this high-traffic space as clean as possible. While most people agree that toilets harbor germs, there's an ...