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Your toothbrush might be your oral hygiene hero, but it could also be a hidden hub for germs—including bacteria from toilet flushes. Every time you flush, microscopic particles from the toilet ...

While toilet bowls are designed such that the contents are supposed to flush downward, scientists have known for decades that small particles – including those from water, waste and toilet paper ...

Watch out if you don't put the toilet seat down before flushing, because nasty bacteria are hanging in the air. Flushing the toilet sends a plume of tiny water droplets up into the air surrounding it.

While it’s been widely believed for a long time that closing the toilet lid before flushing prevents the spread of airborne bacteria and germs, also known as “ toilet plume ,” it turns out that ...