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‘It’s very disconcerting!’ You’ll never ever leave the toilet lid up once again after reading this

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Jun 18, 2020
‘It’s very disconcerting!’ You’ll never ever leave the toilet lid up once again after reading this

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Flushing a toilet can create a mist of aerosol droplets that wafts three feet in the air and sticks around enough time to be inhaled by the next visitor.

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Eww!


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Wash your hands, do not touch your face, keep social-distancing, wear a mask– those are simply a few of the procedures we have actually been told assistance suppress the spread of the coronavirus.

Time to add another one to the list: Close the toilet lid before flushing.

According to new research, flushing a toilet can generate a mist of aerosol droplets that wafts 3 feet in the air and remains long enough to be inhaled by the next visitor.

Here’s a wonky visual, from the journal Physics of Fluids:

The study described that, as water puts into the toilet bowl from one side, it strikes the opposite side and creates a vortex with droplets that can float for over a minute.

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