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We turned to microbiologists to see if there was a clear winner in the age-old hand dryer versus paper towel debate—here's what they had about which hand-drying method is more hygienic.

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FILE -- A hand dryer in use in a bathroom in New York, Jan. 12, 2008. Whether hand dryers spread pathogens is a matter of dispute among scientists. (Gabriele Stabile/The New York Times) ...

Multiple strains of bacteria, from 21 different species, were seen on the growth plates. The bacteria appeared not to come from the hand dryer itself, but from bacteria in the bathroom that was ...

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William Gagnon, vice president of marketing for Excel Dryer Inc., said hand dryers shouldn’t be singled out as a nuisance since they’re no louder than other everyday noises: “The sound ...

The range for hand dryers, by contrast, was between 0.02 pounds and 0.088 pounds, depending on wattage and drying time. It’s not clear, however, whether the towels in question contained recycled ...

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To break it down simply, the study found that surfaces (i.e., your hands) exposed to a hand dryer for 30 seconds averaged between 18 and 60 new "bacterial colonies" hosted.