Electric hand dryers are eco-friendly — but may hide a dirty secret. In an effort to save the environment, public restrooms have begun offering electric hand dryers in place of paper towels, but a ...

One of the app's most viral hair videos has users either scratching their heads — or running to their closest public restroom (yes, you read that correctly). While the video shows an easy and ...

TikTok users have sworn off using hand dryers after a video on the platform revealed just how unhygienic they can be. In the video posted by user @itsgoneviral, which has been viewed over 67,900 times ...

Newly published research finds the noise from bathroom hand dryers may be harmful to children's ears. And the study's author can speak from personal experience. Thirteen-year-old Nora Keegan, from ...

A teenager from Canada has discovered through painstaking research that many of the hand dryers you find in public restrooms may be dangerously loud for children's ears. The study by Nora Louise ...

From a tender age, we're taught to wash our hands after using the toilet, and while most of us adhere to this hygiene rule, there are still many who flout it. Intriguingly, recent research into Brits' ...

Hand-washing always has been important, and the pandemic further magnified its crucial role in helping stop the spread of germs. But a new study also suggests the method used for drying hands can be ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A study says using a hand dryer spreads 1,300 times as many germs around bathrooms as drying with a paper towel does. When media outlets started reporting this a couple weeks ...

Hand dryers are ubiquitous in public restrooms, but according to research recently published in the Canadian journal Paediatrics & Child Health, the noise they make may be harmful to children's ears.