A scientist has revealed the disgusting reason you should never use a hand-dryer in a public toilet and always opt for a paper towel instead. The next day the petri dish with the hand-dryer germs showed a variety of different bacteria and fungus speckled across the plate — which appeared in white, yellow and black smudges. The results again showed a petri dish full of different kinds of bacteria, similar types to the bugs coming out of the blower. The researchers exposed a petri dish to hot air from a bathroom hand dryer for 30 seconds. This suggested most of the bacteria being sprayed out of the hand-dryers came from the air in the public toilet.

Source: Daily Mirror November 13, 2024 14:53 UTC