Independent - Researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder used lasers and cameras to show how germs are ejected from a lidless toilet at 6.6ft per second, reaching 4.9ft above the toilet within eight seconds. The airborne droplets can transport E. coli, C. difficile, noroviruses and adenoviruses, scientists say.
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This article bothers me.
Not the fact that water droplets are ejected into the air from a toilet being flushed, but that an article jumps immediately to "germs are ejected" from a toilet being flushed. I had to click on a provided LINK, whose article provided another LINK before some details were provided concerning some laboratory studies using known bacterial cultures.
Useable information may have been how many, and what kinds of virus and bacteria have been found in droplets ejected from public toilets in restaurants at various locations. Also, the infective dose for each type of "germ", and whether its presence should be considered relevant.
If not, why bring up the subject of "germs".
Information by Engineers concerning water droplets ejected from a toilet being flushed, made visible by use of a laser, should have been limited to what they knew. The brand(s) of toilet being used (did this Study only use one toilet?), the mineral content of the water being flushed, the Elevation above sea level where the test occurred (was study repeated at sea level?), etc., seemingly relevant stuff.
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