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Bathroom Hand Dryers: Gross
They recently did a study of bathroom hand dryers and the found they are pretty gross.
Scientists at the University of Connecticut found men's and women's bathrooms hand dryers blew bacteria, including fecal matter onto your hands.
The University studies 36 bathrooms on it's campus and found between 18 to 60 different bacteria coming from the hand dryers. The ones they studied didn't have HEPA filters which help decrease but not eliminate bacteria.
Despite the study show fecal matter and other bacteria coming from the hand dryer, research showed the may not affect our health but shows how easy bacteria spreads. On foxnews.com researchers say your best bet is to use paper towels n the bathroom offers both.
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