Why Do You Always Have To Remember To Close The Toilet Seat?

Using a strong green laser, the scientists marked the aerosols that are released from the toilets when they are flushed.

You will never look at your toilet the same way again. In a video, scientists have highlighted why it is very important to fold down the toilet seat before flushing. To understand what happens when the toilet is flushed, they used lasers and cameras, the University of Colorado reports.

“If it’s something you can’t see, it’s easy to pretend it doesn’t exist. But once you watch these videos, you’ll never think about a conditioner again. By creating dramatic visual images of this process, our study can play an important role in public health communication,” said lead author Professor John Crimeldi.

Thanks to this video, scientists have discovered that the stool and urine particles that come out of the toilet when you flush them contain bacteria like E.coli. In addition, invisible droplets also carry traces of Covid-19. “We expected these aerosol particles to somehow levitate, but they came out like a rocket,” Professor Crimeldi said. These results were published in the journal Scientific Reports.

Breathe in a deadly germ

“The energetic water particles suspended in the air mainly moved up and towards the back wall, but their movement was unpredictable. The cloud also rose to the ceiling of the lab and, since it had zero somewhere, it moved outward from the wall and spread forward into the room,” the researchers found.

Droplets can remain in toilets even after multiple flushes, researchers say, putting toilet users at increased risk of breathing in a deadly germ. These different particles pop out (very) quickly. According to this study, these airborne particles actually exit at a speed of 2 meters per second, reaching 1.5 meters above the toilet in 8 seconds. While larger droplets tend to settle on surfaces within seconds, smaller particles can remain airborne for minutes.

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