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Though the experiments were conducted with toilets empty of all but clean water, Crimaldi strongly suspects that adding toilet paper and human waste only injects more chaos and energy into a flush.

Using lasers, scientists illuminated the tiny water droplets — and possibly pathogens — that are ejected into the air when a lid-less toilet is flushed.

Every time you flush a toilet, it releases plumes of tiny water droplets into the air around you. These droplets, called aerosol plumes, can spread pathogens from human waste and expose people in public restrooms to contagious diseases.

Every time you flush a toilet, it releases plumes of tiny water droplets into the air around you. These droplets, called aerosol plumes, can spread

Every time you flush a toilet, it releases plumes of tiny water droplets into the air around you. These droplets, called aerosol plumes, can spread pathogens from human waste and expose people in public restrooms to contagious diseases. Scientific unde...

Toilets eject aerosol droplets that may carry disease-causing pathogens. Learning about how these particles move could help reduce exposure in public restrooms.

A new visualization of pathogen exposure risk in public bathrooms also provides a methodology to help reduce it.

Flushing can spew a jet with toilet water particles up to 5 feet above the bowl in seconds.

Gruesome lab footage, captured by University of Colorado Boulder scientists, shows a plume of tiny water droplets violently ejected from the toilet after flushing.

Aerosol particles containing pathogens are important human disease vectors