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 ...

Bathrooms are a breeding ground for bacteria, making it essential to find ways to keep this high-traffic space as clean as possible. While most people agree that toilets harbor germs, there's an ...

VOORHEES, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--It seems easy to dispose of almost anything in the toilet - flush, and forget. But, flushing the wrong things down the toilet can cause some serious and expensive ...

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

Overflowing, constantly running and sweating toilets can test a home owner's sanity. Sometimes you'll have to go with a pro, but here are seven common problems you can fix yourself. Excerpted from the ...

A new study shows how turbulence from a toilet bowl can create a large plume that is potentially infectious to a bathroom’s next visitor. By Knvul Sheikh Here’s one more behavior to be hyper-aware of ...