A study found that the floor and walls around the toilet could still get contaminated with viruses from the toilet bowl even when the lid is down during flushing. (Photo: Getty) Will shutting the ...

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Finally! A microbiologist settles the debate on whether you need to keep the toilet lid down when you're not on the pot.

My family always keeps the toilet lids closed whenever they're not in use for two main reasons: so that our dogs don't drink toilet water, and so nothing gets sprayed throughout the bathroom when we ...

Toilet lids are weird. Some toilets have them, while many others don’t. And whether or not you are supposed to use them is its own can of worms. Evan Floyd, professor of occupational and environmental ...

Here’s one you may not have considered: Flush your toilet with the lid down — even at home. At least two pieces of research — one published in 2013 by the University of Oklahoma and the Centers for ...

Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. If it's not called "toilet paper," then don't flush it. Shortages of various items have been reported ...