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  2. Are there health risks to using public toilets? Here’s what ...

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    In short, the best thing you can do to avoid germs in public bathroom is to minimize your contact with high-touch areas such as flush handles, toilet seats and faucet taps (or at least avoid ...

  3. Video shows how far germs travel when flushing toilet - AOL

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    How toilet water sprays when we flush - carrying potentially deadly germs into the air - has been revealed in a series of experiments.Scientists say the 'invisible plume' - containing microscopic ...

  4. Toilet plume - Wikipedia

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    Aerosol droplets produced by flushing the toilet can mix with the air of the room, [8] larger droplets will settle on surfaces or objects creating fomites (infectious pools) before they can dry, like on a counter top or toothbrush; [7] [10] and can contaminate surfaces such as the toilet seat and handle for hours, which can then be contacted by hands of the next user of that toilet. [3]

  5. Fomite - Wikipedia

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    Contact with aerosolized virus (large droplet spread) generated via talking, sneezing, coughing, or vomiting, toilet flushing & produced toilet plume [19] or contact with airborne virus that settles after disturbance of a contaminated fomite (e.g. shaking a contaminated blanket). During the first 24 hours, the risk can be reduced by increasing ...

  6. Blackwater (waste) - Wikipedia

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    However, if blackwater does not contain excess water, or if it receives primary treatment to de-water, then it is easily processed through composting. The heat produced by naturally occurring thermophilic microorganisms will heat the compost to over 60 °C (140 °F), and destroy potential pathogens.

  7. Can you get coronavirus through a cut, sneezed-on salad or ...

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    The longer Americans stay vigilant about the new coronavirus, the more concerns emerge about how to stop its spread. Can you get coronavirus through a cut, sneezed-on salad or toilet flush? Skip ...

  8. Flush toilet - Wikipedia

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    A flush toilet (also known as a flushing toilet, water closet (WC); see also toilet names) is a toilet that disposes of human waste (i.e., urine and feces) by collecting it in a bowl and then using the force of water to channel it ("flush" it) through a drainpipe to another location for treatment, either nearby or at a communal facility.

  9. This Is How Often You Need to Clean Your Sink to Avoid ...

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    Unless there is a big mess, like hair clippings or hair dye, cleaning the bathroom sink once a week along with the rest of the room should keep bacteria away and the sink looking fresh.