Flushing a Public Toilet? Don't Linger, Because Aerosolized Droplets Do (VIDEO)

Florida Atlantic University

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To measure the droplets, researchers used a particle counter placed at various heights of the toilet and urinal to capture the size and number of droplets generated upon flushing.

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Florida Atlantic University, College of Engineering and Computer Science

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