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It’s officially hand washing awareness week -- a time set aside each year to remind people about the importance of good hand hygiene, especially as the flu, coronavirus and RSV spread. Hand washing is ...

Can a dishwasher – which is basically a glorified dish shower – really get your dishes as clean as washing them by hand? The research on this is crystal-clear: dishwashers get dishes much cleaner than ...

Hand washing is one of the best ways to keep kids healthy, but getting them to do it—and do it right—can be a challenge. But with the right tricks, you can turn this daily task into something your ...

We’ve all been taught from a very young age that washing our hands is important. Apparently, this lesson didn’t quite stick for everyone. The National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) ...

One major point the COVID-19 pandemic helped drive home is how important it is to wash your hands. Washing your hands is essential to good hygiene and stopping germs from spreading. Washing your hands ...

From tiny plankton to massive whales, microplastics have been found throughout the ocean food chain. One major source of this pollution are fibers shed while laundering synthetic fabrics. Although ...