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Flushing a Toilet Can Blast Germs Up to Your Breathing Zone, Study Finds
Few people go out of their way to touch a toilet. When we inevitably must, it's advisable to always wash your hands afterward, even if the toilet looks clean.
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Few people go out of their way to touch a toilet. When we inevitably must, it's advisable to always wash your hands afterward, even if the toilet looks clean. That's because a toilet's daily duties tend to leave it teeming with microbes, including potentially dangerous bacteria and viruses . If you leave those germs on your hands, you could sicken yourself and others.
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