Public hand dryers, often seen as hygienic, actually blast restroom air filled with bacteria and fecal matter onto freshly washed hands. Studies reveal these dryers spread germs more effectively than ...

11:29, Sat, Sep 6, 2025 Updated: 11:31, Sat, Sep 6, 2025 A biologist has cautioned that public bathroom hand dryers could do more harm than good. After using a public bathroom, it is essential to ...

From a tender age, we're taught to wash our hands after using the toilet, and while most of us adhere to this hygiene rule, there are still many who flout it. Intriguingly, recent research into Brits' ...

The evolution of bathrooms into their modern configuration traces back to ancient civilizations like the Ottoman and Roman, where sanitation held significant cultural importance. During the Middle ...

INDIANAPOLIS — An Indianapolis woman has been arrested and charged after allegedly stealing hand dryers from a south side Starbucks with the intent to sell them on eBay. Darrelle Colinot, 39, is ...

Have you ever been riding the subway, and you know, had to go? Turns out there are bathrooms in New York City subway stations. One politician is calling on the MTA to make them more visible. “I ...

"I [fell] on top of the dryer, like it was under me, and I was in a weird, contorted placement and the dryer was still running,” the woman recalled Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE.

JAMES ISLAND, S.C. — A woman lost her left hand after a freak accident at her house in James Island, South Carolina, early last month involving a hair dryer. “The last thing I have recollection of is ...

JAMES ISLAND, S.C. (WCIV) — A James Island woman is recovering after she had her hand amputated after it was badly burned by her hair dryer. Mary Wilson passed out while drying her hair at her home on ...

EAST LONGMEADOW, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Excel Dryer has upgraded to electrostatic HEPA filtration, which is an optional feature for their XLERATOR ® hand dryer models and is now available in its ...