• Bitswap@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    The first line of that article supports putting the lid down…and so do subsequent statements…

    Research has found that flushing the toilet with the lid down could reduce airborne particles by as much as 50%

    The research found that putting the toilet lid down reduced the number of both visible and smaller droplets during and after flushing by 30-60%

    Lid down causes 30-60% reduction of droplets in the air but they stay in the air longer…

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      11 months ago

      Nice way to conviently omit the next fucking bit of the article like Google does 🙄

      However, use of the lid also increased the diameter and concentration of the bacteria in these droplets.

      It was also found that airborne microdroplets were detected for 16 minutes after flushing the toilet with the lid down, 11 minutes longer than when the toilet was flushed with the lid up. The researchers suggest that this could be due to particles being re-aerosolised from surfaces rather than being created by the turbulence of the toilet flushing. Alternatively, the researchers suggest that airborne particles could stick together, or agglomerate, which would cause them to remain airborne for longer.

      I.e droplets with more bacteria lingering around longer in the air and traveling further. The biggest risk with bacterial contamination is concentration, which this literally tells you is increased by putting down the lid as well as spreading further with a longer time airborne. But go on showing your lack of comprehension.

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        11 months ago

        Lol. You are ignoring your own article source…but I’ll leave you to your incorrect understanding.

        I’ll also note that the only source you’ve provided has no data or supporting research paper behind it. Just an article.