Public bathrooms are generally considered to be pretty disgusting—but we bet you thought the hand dryers were the least of your problems. Well, Nichole Ward took it upon herself to perform a little ...
The assignment from Nichole Ward’s microbiology professor was simple: Choose a location, open a petri dish for three minutes and observe what grew over the next two days. No one’s sample came back ...
Do you get grossed out by public restrooms? If you’ve seen Nichole Ward’s viral hand dryer experiment online, you may be even more disgusted than than usual, but a closer look suggests your fears are ...
ST. LOUIS – The next time you’re in a public restroom you may want to skip using those hand dryers. Researchers placed Petri dishes under hand dryers for 30 seconds and found the dishes grew over ...
"Comparison of different hand-drying methods: the potential for airborne microbe dispersal and contamination"- The Journal of Hospital Infection "The Hygienic Efficacy of Different Hand-Drying Methods ...
A viral Facebook post from woman in Carlsbad (San Diego County) has a lot of people vowing to never use bathroom hand dryers again. Nichole Ward, a microbiology student, claims that she placed a petri ...
Next time you wash your hands in a public restroom, you may want to think twice about heading towards the hand dryers. A viral video circulating on TikTok reveals what happens if you use a hot-air ...
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