The bacterial horror of hot-air hand dryers (2018)
The bacterial horror of hot-air hand dryers (2018)
Researchers testing the dispersal of bacteria in public restrooms found that the hand dryers were picking up bacterial deposits, likely from aerosolized microbes caused by the flushing of uncovered...
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Bit of a sensationalist title isn't it? There's germs in the air, they get pushed onto your hands if you use an air dryer, no it's not likely to get you sick but maybe if you're very sick already.
George Carlin was ahead of his time.
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Anybody remember the Mythbusters episode about this? The wall underneath the dryers are COVERED with bacteria under the black light