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Flushing the toilet after urinating is a gesture that our parents have always taught us since we were little: after doing our business, we had to flush the toilet for hygiene reasons.
From that moment on, the process when we go to the toilet is practically the same everywhere: we urinate and then quickly flush the toilet.
Flushing the toilet after urinating
Of course, since it is such a simple routine, we don’t think there is an error or that we are doing something wrong, but the truth is that despite the simplicity of this procedure, we can all make mistakes.
At that point, we think: are we really doing the right thing?
From that moment on, the process when we go to the toilet is practically the same everywhere: we urinate and then quickly flush the toilet.
Flushing the toilet after urinating
Of course, since it is such a simple routine, we don’t think there is an error or that we are doing something wrong, but the truth is that despite the simplicity of this procedure, we can all make mistakes.
At this point we think: are we really doing the right thing?
What happens to germs?
We all know that when we flush the toilet, the cistern ensures that the water from the toilet drains into the bowl.
However, this simple process can cause germs to spread throughout the bathroom.
So if we don’t want our bathroom to become an amusement park of unwanted germs, we can minimize their spread by only flushing the toilet after the top lid is closed.
Save water
For those who don’t know, flushing the toilet requires between 3 and 10 liters of water, this depends a lot on the cistern we have installed in our bathroom.
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