Significant efforts are being made to reduce our collective carbon footprint. As a result, making the switch to sustainable products has never been so easy. This is especially true in regards to the ...

Using cotton swaps inside your ear can cause damage, impacted earwax, or infection. If your ears feel plugged up, a healthcare professional can clean them. Many people use cotton swabs to clean their ...

If you are constantly using cotton swabs, that means you are constantly throwing away cotton swabs. This ear-cleaning, makeup-wiping habit isn’t exactly eco-friendly — but there’s a way it can be.

Is there anything more satisfying than cleaning out your ears after a hot shower? However, those seemingly innocent cotton swabs are polluting oceans and beaches to the tune of millions each year.

"Don’t put anything smaller than your elbow in your ear." It's the kind of thing you may have heard your grandmother say, but, for the most part, it’s true, says Dr. Bradley Kesser, an ear, nose and ...

Whether you prefer to call them cotton swabs or Q-tips, there’s no denying that those paper sticks with the cotton ends are a highly useful item to have around the house. In this post, you’ll find out ...

Most of us have seen or used the earwax-cleaning products all over social media — high-tech lavage kits, spoons equipped with smartphone cameras, suction devices, ear candles or even classic cotton ...

Most of us have done it. After a shower, you grab a cotton swab, tilt your head, and twist it gently inside your ear. It feels satisfying, almost like a ritual. The cotton comes out with a hint of ...

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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 leading to ...

Pokémon fan art is nothing new, but TikTok user kumattaojisan has really upped the game. Their channel has dozens of videos showing off the intricate and colorful characters they made out of Q-tips, ...

Over the past weekend, Washington state's Department of Health received a shipment of thousands of coronavirus test nasal swabs from U.S. Cotton LLC., but the package was incorrectly labeled as "baby ...