12-11-2022 DESIGN Toilets are naturally dirty, but their design makes them even dirtier Toilets spew invisible aerosol plumes with every flush. Here’s the proof, captured by high-powered lasers.

We found that a typical commercial toilet generates a strong upward jet of air with velocities exceeding 6.6 feet per second (2 meters per second), rapidly carrying these particles up to 5 feet (1 ...

Get our newsletter! When flushed, commercial toilets can spew airborne particles at speeds of up to 6.6 feet per second. John Crimaldi et al. / University of Colorado Boulder ...

An automation company’s commercial bathroom-cleaning robot is giving consumers hope that one day there will be an at-home version. Somatic, a technology-focused cleaning service based in New ...

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.