Living in New York City for the past six years, I’ve found that having a trustworthy laundromat within a couple of blocks of your apartment is vital. And so, when my laundromat temporarily closed very ...

They’re often portrayed as cleaner alternatives to hand-towels, but it seems that jet-air hand dryers may actually not be as clean as you think. A new study has revealed that jet-air hand dryers ...

Airborne contaminants, dirty toilet seats, mold, and mildew: Long before the coronavirus pandemic came around, the hygiene-focused among us knew public washrooms are grimy places. Drying hands is an ...

A study of all surveys over the past 40 years suggests that the use of paper towels is more hygienic than hand dryers. In June 2012, the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota in the US published a ...

Remember when there were reports of a TikTok trend warning against using hand dryers in public restrooms on hair, and even your own hands? Well, one company is disputing those claims. Excel Dryer, who ...

Airborne contaminants, dirty toilet seats, mould and mildew: long before the coronavirus pandemic came around, the hygiene-focused among us knew public washrooms are grimy places. Drying hands is an ...

If you're a germaphobe, this viral Facebook post might make you a little squeamish. The post, now shared more than 578,000 times, shows a petri dish swarming with colonies of fungi and bacteria ...

Congratulations to #CYSF2019 @TedRogersFund award winner, Nora Keegan, who’s ongoing research into the loudness of automated hand dryers in public places was published in the Journal of Paediatrics & ...

Given a choice, what do you use: a paper towel or an electric hand dryer? Or do you wipe your hands on your jeans and walk out the door? The paper-towel-vs-hand-dryer debate makes headlines whenever a ...