Nora Keegan was only 9 when she started researching why her ears would hurt whenever she either used a toilet hand dryer or stood close to one. And at 13, not only has the teen discovered the reason, ...

Airborne contaminants, dirty toilet seats, mold, and mildew: Long before the coronavirus pandemic came around, the hygiene-focused among us knew public washrooms are grimy places. Drying hands is an ...

Washing hands after using the toilet is one of the basic hygiene practices that we all follow. But using hand dryer after washing hands may undo all our efforts to stay clean and hygienic. Surprised?

Using a hand dryer is typically considered to be one of the least nasty stages of using a public bathroom. You’ve just washed your hands, and (usually) don’t have to touch anything to use one, so the ...

A scientist has revealed the disgusting reason you should never use a hand-dryer in a public toilet and always opt for a paper towel instead. An experiment by a scientist who goes by Devon Science on ...

When washing your hands in a public toilet, the last thing you'd expect is to leave with even more germs than you entered with. However a microbiologist has shared the shocking results of how many ...

@Itsgoneviral has posted the warning - and it has racked up nearly 100,000 views on TikTok. The vile reason you should never use public hand dryers has gone viral. @Itsgoneviral has posted the warning ...

A toilet seat, a second hand tumble dryer have been ranked among the worst-ever festive gifts by Brits, new research finds. The study carried out by Which? - surveying 2,000 people - found one in five ...

Every flush of an uncovered toilet sends fecal matter flying into the air, science tells us, a phenomenon known as "toilet plume." That makes hand washing in shared restrooms particularly important, ...

Modern hand dryers are much worse than paper towels when it comes to spreading germs, according to new research. Airborne germ counts were 27 times higher around jet air dryers in comparison with the ...