File this one under “Studies We Wish Had Let Us Remain Ignorant.” Scientists at the University of Arizona decided to investigate whether closing the toilet lid before flushing reduces ...

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 ...

Flushing a toilet can generate large quantities of microbe-containing aerosols depending on the design, water pressure or flushing power of the toilet. A variety of pathogens are usually found in ...

See more of our coverage in your search results. The invisible spray is never OK. Flushing the toilet with the lid down does not stop the spread of small germs, a study published Thursday in the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. My family always keeps the toilet lids closed whenever they're not in use for two main reasons: so that our dogs don't drink ...

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 ...

A pellet that dissolves in the toilet, turning the water blue and masking odor after urinating, could help us all save water, according to a first-of-its-kind study from the University of Surrey. The ...

This summer, in Boulder, Colorado, John Crimaldi and his team of civil and environmental engineers gathered around a toilet — for science. They positioned a laser to beam green light above the lidless ...

New research shows turbulent flushes create toilet-generated aerosols that can transmit legionella, influenza and norovirus Flushing toilets release particles into the “breathing zone” of adults and ...

Engineers at the University of Colorado Boulder are revealing the secret lives of public toilets. Those ubiquitous, unlidded, industrial restroom fixtures can spew out aerosolized water and waste ...