{"id":18670,"date":"2016-04-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-22T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/dyson-airblade-spreads-more-germs-than-paper-towels-according-to-new-study\/"},"modified":"2016-04-22T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-04-22T00:00:00","slug":"dyson-airblade-spreads-more-germs-than-paper-towels-according-to-new-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/lifestyle\/dyson-airblade-spreads-more-germs-than-paper-towels-according-to-new-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Dyson Airblade spreads more germs than paper towels, according to new study"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>You\u2019ve probably seen the Dyson Airblade in public toilets around the place, but it might not be the hygienic wonder we first thought.<\/h3>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/pressdispensary.co.uk\/releases\/c991949\/Dyson-Airblade%E2%84%A2-Hand-Dryer-First-to-Gain-New-Hygiene-Accreditation.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Royal Society for Public Health<\/a> in the UK \u2013 which accredited the machine \u2013 the Airblade filters 99.9% of bacteria out of the air it ingests.<\/p>\n<p>But now a new study has thrown some doubt on just hygienic the machine is.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, it\u2019s been found to spread 60 times more germs than standard air dryers, and 1,300 times more than standard paper towels, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/news\/shortcuts\/2016\/apr\/13\/dyson-airblades-or-paper-towels-which-is-more-hygienic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reports The Guardian<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers at the University of Westminster devised an experiment to measure how far different drying methods spread an innocuous virus they put on their own wet hands.<\/p>\n<p>Paper towel only spread the virus 25cm.<\/p>\n<p>A standard air dryer spread it 75cm.<\/p>\n<p>The Airblade spread it three metres!<\/p>\n<p>A Dyson spokeswoman dismissed the findings as \u201cscaremongering\u201d and said the study was \u201cconducted under artificial conditions\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>But this isn\u2019t the first time a study has delivered bad news for air dryers.<\/p>\n<p>In 2005 a study commissioned by the German Pulp and Paper Association found that using paper towel to dry your hands decreased bacteria on the skin by 24%, while using an air dryer actually increased it by 117%.<\/p>\n<p>So which do you prefer to use \u2013 paper towel or an air dryer?<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/rowey-bicks\/selfish-slur-rankles-patrick-dangerfield\">SELFISH SLUR RANKLES PATRICK DANGERFIELD<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/jeremy-cordeaux\/jeremy-cordeaux-calls-out-what-s-wrong-with-australia.\">JEREMY CORDEAUX CALLS OUT WHAT\u2019S WRONG WITH AUSTRALIA<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You\u2019ve probably seen the Dyson Airblade in public toilets around the place, but it might not be the hygienic wonder we first thought. 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