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Fifteen years ago, Denis Gagnon bought a company that made a product nobody really liked: hand dryers. But he quickly managed to turn Massachusetts-based Excel Dryer into an innovator with the ...

Airborne contaminants, dirty toilet seats, mold, and mildew: Long before the coronavirus pandemic came around, the hygiene-focused among us knew public washrooms are grimy places. Drying hands is an ...

There’s been a raging debate for some time about which is better to use: hand dryers and paper towel? On the one side of the spectrum, hand dryers save paper towels and are better for the environment.

A shocking video revealing just how unhygienic automatic hand dryers are is going viral on TikTok - and it will make your stomach turn. In the video, the TikToker explains how he wants to compare two ...

Remember when there were reports of a TikTok trend warning against using hand dryers in public restrooms on hair, and even your own hands? Well, one company is disputing those claims. Excel Dryer, who ...

Bathrooms are a prime location for smearing disease-causing microbes all over your hands. Yet, despite societal pressures and prodding signage, a lot of people don’t clean their grimy mitts after a ...