But after 17 seconds the cat gets bored, shrugging off the cotton bud. Its owner was happy enough though - rewarding it with a hearty stroke on the head.

Nearly 90% of British people use cotton buds incorrectly - here's how If you thought cotton buds were supposed to be used to clean your ears, think again ...

COTTON buds are we know them are set to disappear from supermarket shelves, with the plastic being replaced by rolled paper by the end of next year. Millions of cotton buds with plastic stems are f… ...

If you’ve been using cotton buds to clean your ears, it’s time to reconsider. Many of us grew up thinking that using cotton buds (or Q-tips) was the best way to clean our ears. After all, it ...

In England, it is estimated we use 4.7 billion plastic straws, 316 million plastic stirrers and 1.8 billion plastic-stemmed cotton buds a year, according to government figures.

Science Weird Science Man almost loses hearing after cotton bud gets lodged deep in his ear A new video posted by Mr Neel Raithatha shows a complex operation performed to remove the tip of a ...

IF you’ve ever used cotton buds to give your ears a good clean, then you’re sure to be repulsed by this shocking video. This graphic clip shows Dr Kunal Karade, from Nagpur, India, work… ...

This month, Environment Secretary Michael Gove confirmed a ban on plastic-stemmed cotton buds in England, in addition to plastic straws and drink stirrers. This comes as it’s estimated that 1.8 ...

The woman identified only as Jasmine told That's Life she cleaned her ears every night with cotton buds. Her hearing in her left ear had been fading for a few years, and an "infuriating" noise ...

The cotton buds can then be disposed of after each voter has finished. Other locations are using containers to quickly disinfect pens and plexiglass shields to separate voters and poll workers.

Next time you are tempted to poke inside your ear with a cotton bud, bear in mind that, each year, 7,000 people attend hospital with injuries caused by these innocuous-looking implements - more ...