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Dyson Airblades 'spread germs 1,300 times more than paper towels'
UK Telegraph ^ | April 14, 2016 | Adam Boult

Posted on 04/14/2016 10:34:43 AM PDT by C19fan

Dyson Airblade hand-driers spread 60 times more germs than standard air dryers, and 1,300 times more than standard paper towels, according to research published in the Journal of Applied Microbiology.

University of Westminster researchers carrying out the research dipped their hands into water containing a harmless virus. They then dried their hands with either a Dyson Airblade, a standard hot-air dryer, or a paper towel.

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: bathrooms; hygiene
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To: C19fan

Whoever invented the hand drier should be imprisoned for life.


41 posted on 04/14/2016 3:47:52 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion (BREAKING.... Vulgarian Resistance begins attack on the GOPe Death Star.....)
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To: C19fan

I hate those things. If I use the restroom in a restaurant I like to rinse off my mustache. It’s so hard to get my face down by the blower vent.


42 posted on 04/15/2016 10:36:53 AM PDT by BubbaBasher ("Liberty will not long survive the total extinction of morals" - Sam Adams)
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