The action you must take before you flush the toilet

Before pulling the water, you need to close the toilet lid so that the germs don't spread out.

After you go to the bathroom, do you close the toilet lid before you start water? If the answer is no, you accidentally spread the bacteria from waste throughout the toilet.

According to Men's Health, when the water is jerked, the water in the toilet is mixed with human waste and the micro particles of this "mixture" are released into the air. If the water jerks without covering the toilet, these particles will easily cling to items such as soap, cotton towels, toothbrushes.

You should close the toilet lid before flushing.(Photo: MH).

Not only poor hygiene, small particles from the mixture of waste and water are also harmful to health. They persist for many months and may contain many dangerous bacteria such as Shigella, E coli, C difficile; thereby bringing the risk of disease.

In 2016, in an interview with Business Insider, microbiologist Philip Tierno from New York University (USA) said small particles from the mixture of waste and water fly up to 4, 5m and are likely to fall down. Can you, even go into the mouth.

Luckily, the solution to this situation is simple: Just close the lid of the toilet before flushing. In case of using public toilets without toilet lid, quickly go out immediately after water jerks.

Also, keep the water cup and toothbrush away from the toilet because you cannot know whether the toilet user is careful or not.