Bathroom hand dryers may be leaving your hands dirtier than before.
The Utah-based UV sanitizer company PhoneSoap just went viral for a gut-churning video about the cleanliness of bathroom hand dryers.
Driving the news: The company recently posted a video to its TikTok account, asking just how “germy” hand dryers are. The video has racked up nearly 7 million views.
What they’re saying: TikTok users are simultaneously horrified and grateful to have witnessed this discovery, with one user saying, “Ohhhh. I wish I didn’t see this … I’m glad I did … but oh my.”
The science behind it: Researchers at the University of Connecticut and Quinnipiac University conducted a similar experiment in 2018 that unfortunately yielded the same disturbing results.
Details: PhoneSoap was founded in 2011 by BYU alums and cousins Dan Barnes and Wes LaPorte, per its official site.
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