Public health
fromBuzzFeed
5 hours agoExperts Say This Is The 1 Thing You Should Do ASAP Next Time You Use A Public Restroom
Public restrooms can be germy, but toilet seats are not the main concern; airborne particles pose a greater risk.
As a result of [there not being a lid], there's that plume that comes from the toilet that ends up on the seat, and no matter where you go, you're always going to find that about 50% of the [public restroom] toilet seats at any given time are going to have some kind of poo germs on them in the range of hundreds [of particles].