"And it took 30 seconds after watching this video." Man shares simple hack to fix common toilet flushing issue: 'I've been ...

Castro says that closing the toilet lid before flushing should decrease the radius of aerosol plumes and minimize the likelihood of particles reaching respiratory zones, but it has not been proven. To ...

It’s no secret that bathrooms are full of germs. We all regularly wash our hands after using the loo and have a host of powerful cleaning products to leave our toilets sparkling clean. But there’s one ...

Finally! A microbiologist settles the debate on whether you need to keep the toilet lid down when you're not on the pot.

My family always keeps the toilet lids closed whenever they're not in use for two main reasons: so that our dogs don't drink toilet water, and so nothing gets sprayed throughout the bathroom when we ...

A study found that the floor and walls around the toilet could still get contaminated with viruses from the toilet bowl even when the lid is down during flushing. (Photo: Getty) Will shutting the ...

Toilet-flushing habits don't make for the most polite dinner party conversations, but there are some essentials you definitely need to know — like why you should never flush the toilet with the lid up ...

Water-saving low-flow toilets have become the new standard in bathroom fixtures, but industry engineers have taken them a step further. A dual-flush toilet gives users the option of a standard ...