Stunning new video of bright green “toilet plume” particles highlight an invisible phenomenon that's easy to ignore, but might deserve more of your attention. University of Colorado Boulder engineers ...

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, ...

Is something about to explode? Researchers from the University of Colorado showed how flushing a toilet can generate a volcano or geyser like plume of particles, including ones that can hang in the ...

Unnerving new videos show how gross it can be to flush toilets without a seat cover, particularly when using public restrooms. The stomach-turning footage shows how aerosol plumes shoot out of toilet ...

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If “toilet plumes” aren’t already on your list of reasons to avoid public restrooms, well, scientists at University of Colorado Boulder are doing their best to change that. They used green lasers and ...

Ever wondered what happens when you flush a public restroom toilet? Turns out, it's not just water swirling down the drain, it's also sending a cloud of invisible bacteria into the air. A recent study ...

Bioaerosol emissions during toilet flushing are an often-overlooked source of potential health risks in shared public facilities. A new study published in Risk Analysis found that bioaerosol ...

The first flushing public toilets were invented 175 years ago. Now 60% have vanished from our streets, and public urination ...