Fast Company

Toilets are naturally dirty, but their design makes them even dirtier

Every time you flush a toilet, it releases plumes of tiny water droplets into the air around you. These droplets, called aerosol plumes, can spread pathogens from human waste and expose people in ...
Forbes

Flushing Toilets Can Spray A 1.5 Meter High Volcanic Plume, Study Says

Is something about to explode? Researchers from the University of Colorado showed how flushing a toilet can generate a volcano or geyser like plume of particles, including ones that can hang in the ...
WLTX19

Toilets spew invisible aerosol plumes with every flush – and scientists used high-powered lasers to illuminate and photograph them

BOULDER, Colo. — Every time you flush a toilet, it releases plumes of tiny water droplets into the air around you. These droplets, called aerosol plumes, can spread pathogens from human waste and ...
KRQE Blogs

Toilets spew invisible aerosol plumes with every flush – here’s the proof, captured by high-powered lasers

(THE CONVERSATION) – Every time you flush a toilet, it releases plumes of tiny water droplets into the air around you. These droplets, called aerosol plumes, can spread pathogens from human waste and ...
Popular Science

Lasers catch aerosols that explode out of flushing toilets

This article was originally featured on The Conversation. Every time you flush a toilet, it releases plumes of tiny water droplets into the air around you. These droplets, called aerosol plumes, can ...
Salon

Toilets spew invisible aerosol plumes with every flush – here’s the proof captured by lasers

Every time you flush a toilet, it releases plumes of tiny water droplets into the air around you. These droplets, called aerosol plumes, can spread pathogens from human waste and expose people in ...