How Dirty Are Public Restrooms?

What is lurking in the bathroom?
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Bacteria recolonizing the bathroom after cleaning:
http://1.usa.gov/1ZGI24z

Types of bacteria in different parts of the bathroom:
http://bit.ly/1ZGI8Ji

Bacteria on toothbrushes:
http://bit.ly/1ZGHTxX

Germs and hand dryers:
http://bit.ly/1ZGHZWl

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Host, Animator, Editor
Anna Rothschild

Writer
Elizabeth Preston

DP, Sound
Ceri Riley

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Many thanks to the women who put up with me filming in the restroom at WGBH—you are all wonderful and patient. And also, thank you to the random woman who filmed me drying my hands in the bathroom at the movie theater after watching The Martian. You must have thought I was insane.

IMAGES AND VIDEO

Original Footage
©WGBH Educational Foundation 2015

Monster in Toilet
Band, C. (Producer), & Band, A.
(Director).(1988). Ghoulies II [Motion
Picture].United States: Empire Pictures,
Taryn Productions Inc.

Keep Calm And Wash Your Hand
CDC

SFX

Cockroaches
Freesound/StateAardvark­
(used with permission from author)

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Wink
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