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All hand dryers are a health hazard. They're a wet, warm, bacteria incubator that can then aerosolize the bacteria. In contrast, the mechanical action of dryin
by redwall_hp 7y ago
All hand dryers are a health hazard. They're a wet, warm, bacteria incubator that can then aerosolize the bacteria.
In contrast, the mechanical action of drying your hands with a paper towel is an additional antibacterial step.
- dpark 7y agoWhy do you imagine that normal hands dryers are wet? The original Dyson airblades? Sure. Those are gross. Normal air dryers don’t have anywhere to store water, and if somehow you got water inside, it would rapidly dry itself out from normal use.
- officialjunk 7y agohttps://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/the-bacterial-horror-of-the-hot-air-hand-dryer-2018051113823 https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/the-bacterial-horror-of-...
- dpark 7y agoI had to read all of 4 sentences to see that this does not say that air dryers are growing bacteria. In fact it says the opposite, that there was very little bacteria in the nozzles. There is bacteria in the air and the dryers are sucking it in and pushing it onto hands being dried.
- zymhan 7y agoFalse.