Even if you have your laundry routine down to a science, you might not even know that your washing machine has a lint trap—much less that it requires regular cleaning. But, much like your dryer’s lint ...

Dr. Elizabeth Yuko is a bioethicist and adjunct professor of ethics at Fordham University. She has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Rolling Stone, CNN & Playboy.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Your laundry is shedding more than just lint. Washing machine wastewater is one of the top sources of microplastics, with a single ...

Microplastic fibers from synthetic clothing have quietly become one of the most pervasive forms of pollution in rivers, oceans, and even agricultural soil. Now a new “fish mouth” filter, modeled on ...

Out of all the regular cleaning jobs we force ourselves to do, cleaning a washing machine oozing with odour is probably most people’s least favourite – particularly when it comes to the filter. Many ...