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Although headlines on the hygiene of paper towels versus hand dryers might be seductive, scientists have tried and failed to come to a definitive consensus about which is really superior. When you look at the studies behind the headlines, you\u2019ll often find they are funded by the paper towel or hand dryer industry. It\u2019s difficult to compare the studies too, as airblowers vary in efficiency, and paper towels vary in thickness.<\/p>\n
In truth, it probably doesn\u2019t matter much. What\u2019s more important is washing your hands regularly<\/a>, with soap and water for 20 seconds, then using whatever is available to dry them.<\/p>\n Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n Asked by: Adam Johnson, Leeds<\/strong><\/p>\n To submit your questions email us at questions@sciencefocus.com (don\u2019t forget to include your name and location)<\/em><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n By Dr Nish Manek Published: Sunday, 02 January 2022 at 12:00 am Although headlines on the hygiene of paper towels versus hand dryers might be seductive, scientists have tried and failed to come to a definitive consensus about which is really superior. When you look at the studies behind the headlines, you\u2019ll often find they […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":572,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"< 1"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/01\/paper-towels-vs-hand-dryers-which-is-more-hygienic.jpg",1200,536,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/01\/paper-towels-vs-hand-dryers-which-is-more-hygienic-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/01\/paper-towels-vs-hand-dryers-which-is-more-hygienic-300x134.jpg",300,134,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/01\/paper-towels-vs-hand-dryers-which-is-more-hygienic-768x343.jpg",768,343,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/01\/paper-towels-vs-hand-dryers-which-is-more-hygienic-1024x457.jpg",800,357,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/01\/paper-towels-vs-hand-dryers-which-is-more-hygienic.jpg",1200,536,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/01\/paper-towels-vs-hand-dryers-which-is-more-hygienic.jpg",1200,536,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By Dr Nish Manek Published: Sunday, 02 January 2022 at 12:00 am Although headlines on the hygiene of paper towels versus hand dryers might be seductive, scientists have tried and failed to come to a definitive consensus about which is really superior. When you look at the studies behind the headlines, you\u2019ll often find they…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/571"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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