A study found that the floor and walls around the toilet could still get contaminated with viruses from the toilet bowl even when the lid is down during flushing. (Photo: Getty) Will shutting the ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. My family always keeps the toilet lids closed whenever they're not in use for two main reasons: so that our dogs don't drink ...

(BPT) - Once something is flushed down the toilet, most people have an “out of sight, out of mind” mentality. Whatever was flushed has cleared the bowl and is on its journey to the wastewater ...

The invisible spray is never OK. Flushing the toilet with the lid down does not stop the spread of small germs, a study published Thursday in the American Journal of Infection Control found.

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"Even products advertised as ‘flushable’ do not break down and can clog toilets, household plumbing, sewer pipes and pumps, and septic systems,” said Heather Collins, DEC Wastewater Program Manager.

Jeepers, creepers! Look at this photo. This dumpster contains the ingredients of a fatberg — a toxic stew of fats, oils and grease that met up in the sewage system with sanitary products, none of ...