Toilets spew invisible aerosol plumes with every flush – and scientists used high-powered lasers to illuminate and photograph them
John Crimeldi is a professor of civil, environmental and architectural engineering at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Each time you flush the 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 …