It’s called toilet plume.

A toilet plume is the invisible to the naked eye, cloud-like dispersal of raw, infectious sewage particles as a result of flushing a toilet. Flush particles rapidly rise out of the bowl and several feet into the air after flushing. Aerosolized droplets can remain suspended in the air for tens of minutes between users, posing an inhalation risk. These invisible particles go on to coat and spread onto surfaces like floors and counters or objects like hand towels, bathmats, or even toothbrushes.

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    8 days ago

    As a science experiment, it’s fundamentally flawed. A preventative measure must be evaluated by quantitative methods.

    It was fundamentally flawed by the fact that they contaminated their control toothbrush by bringing it into the toilet room in order to swab it.