Now what? This was supposed to be the hygienic alternative to using towels.
The hot-air hand dryers were supposed to be the ‘clean’ alternative.
Not only were these dryers supposed to be better at keeping our hands from being recontaminated, but some of them are supposed to be more ‘environmentally friendly’.
What good is any of that if they’re spitting this nastiness everywhere?
It makes you wonder if there’s any connection between these and that nasty Starbucks story.
Gross: Read About This Study Before Your Next Trip To Starbucks
Let’s back up a little.
In public washrooms, the toilets have no lid. Is that important? Sure is.
Turns out that every time someone drops a deuce in there, and flushes, little particles of whatever is lurking in that bowl go airborne.
Lovely picture, right? Wait, it gets better.
The full cycle goes like this: when you flush a toilet that doesn’t have a lid, the turbulence of the flush sends fecal particles into the air, where they hover in a miasmic cloud; when the dryers switch on, they pull these particles in through their intake, heat them up, and spray them onto your moist hands and other moist, hospitable surfaces where their bacteria can thrive.
Source: Boingboing
And then it gets worse.
Have you heard of C. difficile? It’s a nasty little beggar.
In a final test, the researchers did a cursory look at some of the other bacteria the dryers were blowing around. They found that with or without a HEPA filter, the blowers stirred up potential pathogens, including Staphylococcus aureus.
The findings should be a wake-up call to managers of research and clinical settings. The authors note that Clostridium difficile—a devastating and intractable diarrheal plague—also forms spores, and researchers have found that a flushing toilet can easily launch it into the air.
“This suggests another means of C. difficile transmission and one that may not be interrupted by either hand washing or traditional surface decontamination methods,” the authors conclude. “The role of this potential mode of C. difficile transmission is worthy of future study.”
Source: Boingboing
Suddenly, drying your hands on your shirt almost seems like the civilized choice.
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We’ve all wondered for a long time, but it looks like medical science has finally determined the problem.
It’s spreading like a plague. For some reason, Liberals are losing their ever-loving minds.
Trump Derangement — and Romney Derangement before that — and Bush Derangement before that are only the tip of the iceberg.
What is driving them so berzerk?
Looks like we’ve found an answer:
A liberal walks into the hospital and asks for an X-ray of its skull. Doctors confirmed what we already feared. Here’s the sad diagnosis…
That’s the ladies’ version. You can get it here.
Don’t worry. There’s one for the guys, too.
You can get the guy’s version here.
And the best part? This shirt is made in the USA, printed in the USA, on an American-Made t-shirt press!
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