And that includes Q-Tips and cotton swabs. The cotton swabs that most of us use to clean wax out of our ears are a lot more ...

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One area that may be a little trickier? Your ears. As ear wax accumulates, it may be tempting to stick a cotton swab in your canal to clear it out. But that can be dangerous and damage your ear canal.

A ruptured eardrum could result from inserting a cotton swab in the ear, state researchers in a new study. It also showed that in most cases the rupture heals on its own and surgery is only ...

You should still be able to hear what's going on. Cotton swabs are dangerous for your ears in a different way. Using them to clean out wax could scratch your ear canal. Wax usually falls out on ...

The cotton swab, better known as the Q-tip, is the most common device used for cleaning your ears. Its shortcomings illustrate the basic problems with using these types of instruments for earwax ...

Q-tips are everywhere. You can find them in bathrooms, in doctor's office, and in episodes of CSI. But what exactly does the name mean? Our editors and experts handpick every product we feature.

Global retailers are facing scrutiny over cotton supplies sourced from Xinjiang, a Chinese region plagued by allegations of human rights abuses. China is one of the world's top cotton producers ...

Xinjiang cotton is some of the best fabric in the world. It's also, human rights campaigners say, produced by forced labour. Some Western brands have removed it from their supply chains ...

finally gaining traction. The Godfather of the apprenticeship movement, economist Bob Lerman, is finally gaining recognition— after more than forty years of setbacks. For over four decades ...

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