after being used, does flushing a toilet put bacteria and germs in the air.?
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yes, but not any more than is already in the air.  On Mythbusters, they put a bunch of toothbrushes near a public toilet and a bunch in a normal room quite far away from a bathroom.  Both sets had the exact same amount of E. Coli.\n\nAnd some high school girl just did a study that shows that McDonald's has more bacteria in their ice than in their toilet water.
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Myth. \ntaking a shower after sex will not reduce your chances of infection\n\nFact\nAids can only be tranfered to a person through contact body fluids  such as semen, blood, and vaginal discharge.\n\nFact/myth/plain dump\n\nunless you could take your vagina out and put it in the wash cycle or wring out your penis after hand washing it.
315680
Yes - hygiene is important in places which handles food. It's absolutely disgusting when you go into a toilet in somewhere like that and find yourself walking through a yellow puddle with brown splats!
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Probably...yes. If not just gross. Usually fungus found in bathrooms (or moist areas) contain small amounts of toxins, and when congregated can be quite hazardous. These fungi generate spores that when inhaled can have nasty effects. Definitely do not ignore this one.
901251
Ever watch "Myth Busters"??  They recently did a study on where bacteria lives in the common household.  Believe it or not, the toilet seat had the LEAST amount of bacteria.  Kitchen, of course, was number one.  If you're that worried about it, use the paper linings when you do your thing.
536246
Because of bacteria and germs growing in it.
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Bacteria and Personal Hygiene.
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Hand Sanitizers and anti-bacterial soaps actually cause more harm than good.  They remove beneficial bacteria along with the bad stuff, they can irritate the skin helping a virus or bacetria to get in, and they cause resistant, stronger bacteria.
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Urine doesn't stay fresh.  As soon as it leaves the body, the bacteria in it begin to get to work so decay starts.
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"There are a hundred times more bacteria on a cutting board than a toilet seat, so lick a toilet seat rather than a cutting board." \n\nhttp://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/EMIHC000/333/333/220417.html\n\n"Scary as it seems, organisms known to carry STDs like chlamydia and gonorrhea have been found on toilet seats in your local restroom. Yet, unless you have a moderate butt laceration, there is little chance you'll get the clap. Infections such as these are called sexually transmitted for a reason; they need a genital tract or cut to travel into, which is not likely to occur. \nNot only that, but these germs (and other diarrhea-causing bacteria) have a short life span and quickly die after being exposed on the seat, in the sink or anywhere else. Even in the case that you do come into contact with a germ or virus, there has to be a fair amount of it for it to have any effect. \nIf you sit on urine or get sprayed by toilet water as you flush -- besides being completely revolted -- there is a small chance of infection, just like any other bacteria in the washroom. It's best to wipe off the seat before you get comfortable. Don't be a bum."\n\nhttp://www.askmen.com/sports/health_60/68b_mens_health.html\n\nYou can catch sicknesses, but they are contracted from your hands (flushing, using the faucets, etc):\n\n"From a common cold to stomach flu viruses, bad things lurk on sink surfaces, hand dryers and toilet seats. Without proper care, you're at risk of being bedridden for weeks with a multitude of diseases like the nasty-sounding streptococcus (a form of strep throat and meningitis), E.coli, hepatitis A, and staphylococcus (the virus behind food poisoning and a form of pneumonia)."\n\nhttp://www.askmen.com/sports/health_60/68_mens_health.html
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approx. 5... 5 bacteria... ok ok. im kidding, but however many thousands of millions we wash off, they tack right back on just by being in the bathroom, opening the window, walking... bacteria is ok. love bacteria, it helps a lot more than it hurts.
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I once went in to a public restroom and apparently someone had diahhrea and poop was splattered all over the stall,walls and floor. Practically SPRAYED. Some people are not from this country and are used to pooping,peeing,ect in drains.I used to work ata hotel where that sort of thing happend all the time..DO NOT GO IN THAT STALL. You could get an intestinal disorder from other peoples poop.
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pour a whole bottle of dishwasher fluid into the toilet.. when they flush it'll cause BIIIG bubbles...
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during anal sex or fingering it is possible but extremely rare for fecal matter to be left on the penetrating object because fecal matter is normally stored higher in the intestinal track and is pushed lower throught the intestinal track by special muscles when someone is having a bowel movement, hence the straining sensation during some bowel movements.\n\nThe rectal area is home to several types of bacteria however and the penetrationg object should be washed with soap and water when the sexual activity is over.
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Ohhhh...I got one.  My husband will flush the toilet the SECOND he STARTS to pee.  He'll pee into the swirling water as the toilet is flushing.  As a result, sometimes he isn't done peeing until after the toilet begins to fill up again.  GROSS!!!!  Drives me CRAZY!!!  (Of course, I still love him to death.)
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No. Germs cause infections that cause the cold and flu. If there are airborn germs, you can catch them that way, or if you touch a doorknob after someone else, and they have the cold or flu, you can get it that way too.
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Are you asking - can you smell the smell you just smelled on your breath?????????\n\nInteresting thought.\n\nOMG!!!!!!!! I hope not, I sometimes have to use the toilet after my husband's been in there.......... and I'd hate to think that THAT was on my breath!!!