In her experiment, the Barnstaple-based expert used an agar plate, a thin layer of nutrient gel in a Petri dish, and placed it under a standard hand dryer in a public loo to see what bacteria ...

New Delhi, Feb. 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The global Hand dryer market was valued at US$ 1,369.2 million in 2024 and is projected to reach US$ 4,054.5 million by 2033, growing at a CAGR of 12. ...

SINGAPORE – It was a Monday evening in December 2021 when the Chia family was out for dinner at Ion Orchard. Mr Nick Chia heard screaming from the mall’s toilet that his three daughters and ...

A scientist has revealed the disgusting reason you should never use a hand-dryer in a public toilet and always opt for a paper towel instead. An experiment by a scientist who goes by Devon ...

From a tender age, we're taught to wash our hands after using the loo, and while most of us adhere to this hygiene rule, many still flout it. In fact, recent research into Brits' bathroom habits ...

Nora Keegan was only 9 when she started researching why her ears would hurt whenever she either used a toilet hand dryer or stood close to one ... sound when her "hand accidentally passed into the ...

INDIANAPOLIS — An Indianapolis woman has been arrested and charged after allegedly stealing hand dryers from a south side Starbucks with the intent to sell them on eBay. Darrelle Colinot, 39, is ...

A South Carolina woman is recovering from a horrific accident where she burned her hand so badly with a blow dryer that it had to be amputated. Mary Wilson says she is taking a positive outlook on ...

JAMES ISLAND, S.C. — A woman lost her left hand after a freak accident at her house in James Island, South Carolina, early last month involving a hair dryer. “The last thing I have ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) – A South Carolina woman lost her hand after a freak accident with a hair dryer left her with severe burns. Mary Wilson was drying her hair in her bathroom before bedtime ...

Wilson said she then passed out and woke up to find the hair dryer scorching her skin has she lay on top of it. "The burns on my hand were third-degree burns. They were all the way to the bone ...