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Closing the Toilet Lid Before Flushing Won’t Protect Your From This

By February 6, 2024No Comments

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Scientists have known for a while now that flushing a toilet sends microscopic germs airborne, spewing them onto surfaces as far as five feet away. Past studies have also found that closing the toilet lid before flushing helps reduce the spread of disease-spreading bacteria. But no one has known whether the same is true of viruses — until now. As it turns out, closing the toilet lid before…

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