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Should you leave the toilet seat up or down?
To eliminate accidents at all costs: Always leave the seat down. There is, however, one reason why you’d want to put the seat down every time — to prevent anyone from falling in to the toilet, especially during groggy nighttime bathroom visits when they might not look at the seat position before sitting.
Does closing the toilet lid help?
Research has found that flushing the toilet with the lid down could reduce airborne particles by as much as 50\%. In addition to the visible drops of water that are generated upon flushing the toilet, smaller droplets that are just micrometres (µM) in diameter also form and are propelled into the surrounding air.
What happens if you dont close the toilet lid?
When you flush the toilet, do you close the lid? If you don’t, you are likely releasing a “toilet plume” into the air — which is essentially an aerosol spray filled with bacteria. All that bubbling, swirling and splashing can aerosolize fecal waste, sending tiny particles airborne.
Should men put the toilet seat down before they flush?
Men should put the seat down in fact, before they flush. The flush of the toilet. sprays nasty germs into the air. The toilet seat actually prevents you from being sprayed by many of those nasty germs.
Why is it important to put the toilet seat back down?
It’s More Sanitary. If you need a reason besides common courtesy (which we’ll get to in a minute) to put the toilet seat back down, try this: we should actually all be putting both the toilet seat AND the toilet lid down, because flushing with the toilet lid up can cause germs from the toilet to spread into the air.
So, in conclusion, unless the ratio of men to women is in favor of males, the seat should always stay down in a bathroom shared by men and women. According to science. And science doesn’t lie, guys.
Is the toilet seat debate for men or women?
Since the dawn of indoor plumbing, the toilet seat debate has been a time-honored tradition between men and women.