When it comes to a toothbrush, if you don’t replace it often enough, it can’t do its teeth-cleaning task. This is also true ...

A new study found germs spread whether the toilet lid is up or down. ... "All that air when you flush goes somewhere, and it carries the viruses that are in the toilet bowl out of it." ...

Pardon us while we scrub our toilet bowls with Lysol and stock up on toilet tank disinfectant dispensers. American Journal of Infection Control, 2024. DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2023.11.020 ( About DOIs ).

Study: Impacts of lid closure during toilet flushing and of toilet bowl cleaning on viral contamination of surfaces in United States restrooms.Image Credit: MIA Studio / Shutterstock. It has been ...

It's been said that closing the toilet lid before flushing can prevent the spread of all germs, by keeping any flush-produced mist in the bowl. But a new study refutes that.

You could hold your breath when you flush; but it is much more important to keep the toilet bowl clean and wash your hands after flushing.” So, if you forget to put down the lid, it's probably ...

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 ...

Is it better to leave the lid up or down when you flush? Scientists have now revealed if there's a best way to flush without spreading a 'toilet plume' of bacteria and viruses into the air.

Keep your toilet lid closed when you flush - that's the advice being pushed by health experts in their continuing fight of the Covid-19 pandemic.

When the toilet was flushed with the lid open, the particles spread over a wide area, including 40 cm above the toilet bowl and 15 cm in front of it on the user’s side.