Urine-diverting toilets expel fewer virus particles than traditional toilets, study suggests (IMAGE)

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Urine-diverting toilets expel fewer virus particles than traditional toilets, study suggests

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Although each flush of a urine-diverting toilet (shown here) spits out millions of virus particles, they emit less than a traditional system.

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Adapted from ACS ES&T Water 2023, DOI: 10.1021/acsestwater.2c00521

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