MICROBIOLOGY
Toilet aerosol and bacteria: how to reduce germ spread in the bathroom
Specialists explain how to reduce the spread of germs in the bathroom and why closing the lid is not enough to stop contamination.
Neither hygiene nor habit... the real reason for not flushing the toilet with the lid up.
Flushing the toilet with the lid up can disperse aerosols with microbes. Science explains why it poses a risk.