Hand dryers in public restrooms that blast bathroom air onto your recently washed hands can deposit bacteria, a recent study has found. Published in the April 2018 issue of the journal Applied and ...

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A recent study found bathroom hand dryers are pretty gross. A study by the scientists at the University of Connecticut found hand dryers in men's and women’s bathrooms blew bacteria onto hands ...

We’re taught from childhood to wash our hands responsibly, confident that water and soap will leave our hands pristine. Yet, ...

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CBS Local --A new study has found a dirty little secret about hand dryers found in many public restrooms. Researchers say the machines which are designed to blow hot air on you are actually sucking up ...

Modern hand dryers are much worse than paper towels when it comes to spreading germs, according to new research. Modern hand dryers are much worse than paper towels when it comes to spreading germs, ...

Hot-air hand dryers in public bathrooms 'suck in' bacteria from flushing toilets, new research suggests. Previous studies show such dryers can disperse germs from people's hands on to surrounding ...

Washing your grubby mitts is one of the best ways to cut your chances of getting sick and spreading harmful germs to others, but a new study may make you think twice before you use air hand dryers in ...