A Canadian eighth-grader’s science experiment raises questions about whether hand dryers, like the ones found in public restrooms around the world, can damage the hearing of young children. The study, ...

Use this item in public restrooms, and you'll risk contaminating yourself. Find out why. Hot-air hand dryers may be spewing other folks’ bacteria onto your freshly washed hands. A study published ...

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 ...

They’re often portrayed as cleaner alternatives to hand-towels, but it seems that jet-air hand dryers may actually not be as clean as you think. A new study has revealed that jet-air hand dryers ...

Children who say hand dryers "hurt my ears" are correct. A new research paper by that very title has just been published in Paediatrics & Child Health, Canada's premier peer-reviewed pediatric journal ...

Remember how Sheldon Cooper gave us all a reason to avoid hand-dryers until the end of time? Turns out, science does indeed have his back. The Big Bang Theory may have come to a close after twelve ...

THE message has been crystal clear since Coronavirus arrived in the UK - we all need to wash our hands more. But are hand driers in public toilets safe to use? And what's the best way to wash your ...