If you're hearing a constant trickling or dripping sound coming from your toilet, even after it has completed a full flush cycle, there's a good chance water is leaking from the tank into the bowl.

Flushing a toilet can generate large quantities of microbe-containing aerosols depending on the design, water pressure or flushing power of the toilet. A variety of pathogens are usually found in ...

John Crimaldi is a professor of civil, environmental and architectural engineering at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Every time you flush a toilet, it releases plumes of tiny water droplets into ...

Diagnosing a toilet leak? There's a rubber gasket that sits between a toilet tank and the bowl called a spud gasket. It works with the flapper valve to control the flow of water between holding tank ...

Leaving toilet lids open after flushing can disperse contaminated droplets beyond a metre and remain in the air for 30 minutes. This is one of the findings revealed in a global review of the risks of ...

Despite businesses reopening and states relaxing their stay at home restrictions, the threat of COVID-19 still looms large. The biggest risk comes from close person-to-person contact, since the ...

MIAMI (CBSMiami/CNN) - New research exploring COVID-19 transmission suggests you may not want to linger after flushing a public toilet. A team of scientists from Florida Atlantic University's College ...

The last thing anyone wants is a toilet with a weak flush. The Twin Traps TikTok account (@twinhomeexperts) shared a viral video with a tip that could save you the cost of a new toilet—and the ...

Public restrooms aren’t exactly associated with cleanliness. But a team scientists have recently exposed just how dirty they are. As it turns out, public restrooms aren’t just dirty; they’re actually ...