A toilet flush system is how your toilet removes whatever you leave behind. Some systems are strong enough to handle a mini hurricane in your bowl, while others focus on using less water and ...

New video of the toilet plume phenomenon aims to reduce health hazards in public restrooms. Until now, scientists have known that toilets emit aerosols, but they haven't been able to see them.

Thanks to new CU Boulder research, scientists see the impact of flushing the toilet in a whole new light—and now, the world can as well. Using bright green lasers and camera equipment, a team of CU ...

They concluded that flushing with the toilet lid down reduced airborne droplets between 30 and 60 percent. But this scenario also increased the diameter of the droplets and bacteria concentration.

A toilet flush doesn’t have the velocity of a sneeze, which can send droplets spurting up to 100 miles per hour, or even a cough, whose droplets can travel up to 50 miles per hour.

You've probably heard it before – if you don't put the lid down on the toilet, droplets of filth will fly out when you flush it. Scientists have now visualized that process for the first time ...

Why you should always close the lid before you flush: Disgusting footage reveals how a plume of particles can reach 5 FEET above the toilet within 8 seconds – with some particles lingering for ...

Researchers focused a laser beam on a toilet to see how flushing shoots normally invisible particles into the air, a finding that could guide future bathroom design.

18 November 2023 - Innovation abounds in the race to broaden access to clean water and sanitation around the world on World Toilet Day, marked on 19 November.. In line with this year’s theme of ...