The idea of a nurse starting from the minor inconvenience of the medical field is paying off with a patent and taking a ...

In France, single-use plastic cotton swabs have been banned since January 2020 as part of the fight against pollution. However, this ban is for environmental reasons, not health reasons.

A real-life horror tale that’s gotten renewed media attention this week is sure to make you think twice about digging earwax out of your ears. An ...

Cotton swabs are designed to clean delicate parts of your skin, which makes them perfect for cleaning expensive personal devices. They’re also the right size for reaching the tight corners where ...

Using cotton swabs to clean the ear can be dangerous, especially for little ones, a study warns. Each year, about 12,500 children are treated in ERs for related injuries.

Cotton swabs can be used to clean snug spots like faucets, in the grout of your kitchen and bathroom and in the crevices of the fridge, says Barbara Reich, ...

Cotton swabs are not intended to be used in the ear to clean the ear canal and often cause injury when placed too far in. About 30 percent of injuries caused by cotton tip applicators were foreign ...

In fact, Q-Tip, the leading brand of cotton swabs, advises: “Do not insert swab into ear canal. Entering the ear canal could cause injury. If used to clean ears, stroke swab gently around the ...

SEATTLE (KOMO) – When nearly 22,000 much-need cotton swabs to be used for COVID-19 testing showed up in Washington state, some state employees were left scratching their heads in confusion ...

A Nationwide Children’s Hospital found that more than a quarter of a million children were sent to the emergency room between 1990-2010 for cotton tip applicator-related ear injuries.