'Poo Plumes' In Public Toilets Are All Too Real. Here's How To Avoid Them. |
'Poo Plumes' In Public Toilets Are All Too Real. Here's How To Avoid Them.
"Poo particles can contain E. coli, salmonella, or even norovirus, all of which, if present in high enough concentrations, can make us sick – but not from sitting on the toilet seat."
Using a public toilet is rarely a joyous occasion. They’re filled with sights and smells that can strike fear in the hardest of hearts (and stomachs), and still, most of us have to venture into them at some point if we ever want to live a life outside of our homes.
So how can we make our time in a public bathroom better or safer or, at the very least, less gross?
That’s what we – that’s Raj Punjabi and Noah Michelson, hosts of HuffPost’s Am I Doing It Wrong? podcast – asked microbiologist Jason Tetro, aka The Germ Guy, to school us on when he dropped by our studio.
“Every time I talk about toilet seats and toilets, I’m always saying, ‘Well, it’s not germy – everything is germier than a toilet seat,’” Tetro told us. “[I’m........