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 new study now brings forward the startling revelation that hot-air hand dryers in public bathrooms 'suck in' bacteria from flushing toilets. While previous studies have already shown that dryers can ...

People can be gross. They wipe their noses with their hands and then grip door handles on their way in and out of the public bathroom. Their loose shoelaces drag through puddles of unmentionables on ...

Using those hot-air hand dryers in restrooms actually spread bacteria, including fecal bacteria on your hands, according to a new study conducted at UConn. “In most institutions, toilets don’t have ...

CBS Local --A new study has found a dirty little secret about hand dryers found in many public restrooms. Researchers say the machines which are designed to blow hot air on you are actually sucking up ...

But, did you know using a hand dryer afterwards could undo all that hard work — propelling poo particles throughout an entire building? Hot-air dryers can suck up nasty germs left lurking in the ...

We know fecal bacteria shoots into the air when a lidless toilet flushes — a phenomenon known, grossly, as a "toilet plume." But in bathrooms where such plumes gush regularly, where does all that ...

Drying your hands can be an ordeal - paper towels are scratchy and horrible and a limp hand dryer is pretty frustrating. A Dyson Airblade though, wow - that's peak performance. That blows the water ...

WASHING your hands after nipping to the loo is one of the most basic hygiene measures. But, did you know using a hand dryer afterwards could undo all that hard work - propelling poo particles ...