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Apparently, a study in England refutes the cleanliness advantage of hand dryers over towels. In fact, it claims that hand dryers actually greatly increase bacterial counts on hands after use.
http://www.lee-county.com/healthdept/data/Dryers.htm
This article makes a claim of 80% energy reduction, but the reference for this claim is someone's personal blog on which they've QUOTED THE STICKER on the dryer itself!
An additional claim of 90% comes from the Web site of a manufacturer, as does the claim of no maintenance.
A claim is made that paper towels can't be recycled. There is no reference to support this claim.
This article is essentially an ad for electric hand dryers and should be removed.
Ctgoat 14:16, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
I agree that this article is poor, but it is a topic that many are casually interested in, so I believe an article should exist. I think it would be more constructive to amend it than delete it.-- Jrsnbarn 17:01, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
Hand dryers are also less hygienic if people don't use them at all because they are too slow or if people use them incorrectly (neglecting to shake off excess water). —Preceding unsigned comment added by Danjdan ( talk • contribs) 07:57, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
The "Developments" section's tone is inappropriate. Two specific concerns:
(1) It's written like a Dyson advertisement/press release
(2) The phrase "It seems that the Dyson Airblade may be a copy of" is non-encyclopedic in tone; it sounds like original research. Given the fact that it's sourced, it should be rephrased to a more definite, professional tone (i.e. "The Dyson Airblade is a copy of...") -- if that cannot truthfully be said, then it's non-encyclopedic knowledge and therefore has no place in the article.
Thanks.
Mr. P. S. Phillips (
talk)
02:42, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
To make this more than a simple ad for the hand dryer industry, it would be interesting to tell the history of hand dryers, when the first one was introduced, by which company, what the sales are per year, etc. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.209.118.163 ( talk) 03:58, 6 September 2010 (UTC)
I'll start turning it into more of a history section. Takinzinnia ( talk) 00:06, 4 June 2011 (UTC)
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U.S.A - Dyson Brazil - Dakmark secador de mãos France - Italy - Japan - — Preceding unsigned comment added by Renatodellisola ( talk • contribs) 14:21, 29 July 2016 (UTC)
Here's a story about the Facebook posting, which cites several scientific studies which are more recent than the ones quoted in this article.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/09/health/hand-dryer-petri-dish.html
Are Hand Dryers Actually Full of Bacteria? A Viral Photo Doesn’t Tell the Whole Story
By MAGGIE ASTOR
New York Times
FEB. 9, 2018
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Apparently, a study in England refutes the cleanliness advantage of hand dryers over towels. In fact, it claims that hand dryers actually greatly increase bacterial counts on hands after use.
http://www.lee-county.com/healthdept/data/Dryers.htm
This article makes a claim of 80% energy reduction, but the reference for this claim is someone's personal blog on which they've QUOTED THE STICKER on the dryer itself!
An additional claim of 90% comes from the Web site of a manufacturer, as does the claim of no maintenance.
A claim is made that paper towels can't be recycled. There is no reference to support this claim.
This article is essentially an ad for electric hand dryers and should be removed.
Ctgoat 14:16, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
I agree that this article is poor, but it is a topic that many are casually interested in, so I believe an article should exist. I think it would be more constructive to amend it than delete it.-- Jrsnbarn 17:01, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
Hand dryers are also less hygienic if people don't use them at all because they are too slow or if people use them incorrectly (neglecting to shake off excess water). —Preceding unsigned comment added by Danjdan ( talk • contribs) 07:57, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
The "Developments" section's tone is inappropriate. Two specific concerns:
(1) It's written like a Dyson advertisement/press release
(2) The phrase "It seems that the Dyson Airblade may be a copy of" is non-encyclopedic in tone; it sounds like original research. Given the fact that it's sourced, it should be rephrased to a more definite, professional tone (i.e. "The Dyson Airblade is a copy of...") -- if that cannot truthfully be said, then it's non-encyclopedic knowledge and therefore has no place in the article.
Thanks.
Mr. P. S. Phillips (
talk)
02:42, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
To make this more than a simple ad for the hand dryer industry, it would be interesting to tell the history of hand dryers, when the first one was introduced, by which company, what the sales are per year, etc. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.209.118.163 ( talk) 03:58, 6 September 2010 (UTC)
I'll start turning it into more of a history section. Takinzinnia ( talk) 00:06, 4 June 2011 (UTC)
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U.S.A - Dyson Brazil - Dakmark secador de mãos France - Italy - Japan - — Preceding unsigned comment added by Renatodellisola ( talk • contribs) 14:21, 29 July 2016 (UTC)
Here's a story about the Facebook posting, which cites several scientific studies which are more recent than the ones quoted in this article.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/09/health/hand-dryer-petri-dish.html
Are Hand Dryers Actually Full of Bacteria? A Viral Photo Doesn’t Tell the Whole Story
By MAGGIE ASTOR
New York Times
FEB. 9, 2018