“A clog in the toilet trap or drainpipe is the most common reason a toilet won’t flush,” says Bux. “This can be due to excessive toilet paper, foreign objects, or waste buildup.” Unfortunately, when ...

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 ...

Flushing a toilet can generate large quantities of microbe-containing aerosols depending on the design, water pressure or flushing power of the toilet. A variety of pathogens are usually found in ...

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 toilet water, and so nothing gets sprayed throughout the bathroom when we ...

If your toilet gives you trouble by not flushing properly, you might suspect the problem is low water pressure. But pressure has nothing to do with it. The water in the tank does the job. It fills the ...

A scientist wants to clear the air on how bathroom habits impact overall cleanliness. Microbiologist Tim Call, 32, has exposed how dirty your bathroom is before and after flushing the toilet. Cal, ...

Consider the 140,000 times you're likely to flush a toilet over a lifetime, and it's easy to see why toilets guzzle nearly 30 ...

Flushing the toilet without closing the lid risks spreading germs like the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, according to a study. The authors of the paper, published in the journal Physics of Fluids, ...

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