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Every time you brush your teeth, you’re putting the contents of your toilet bowl into your mouth. Well, only if you enjoy flushing your toilet with the lid up.

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University of Arizona microbiologists have warned that each time you flush the toilet with the seat up, polluted water particles float for a few hours around your bathroom before they all land, some on your toothbrush.

It doesn't happen all the time, but E.coli and other faecal-based bacteria really can make you ill.

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