In exploring the balance between innovation and simplicity, readers weighed in on washing machine design. Survey results show a clear preference for straightforward designs that prioritize reliability ...

A federal consumer safety agency launched an investigation Thursday into this week’s accidental death of an Orange County child caught in a washing machine. Scott Wolfson, a spokesman for the U.S.

Washing machines release massive amounts of microplastics into the environment, mostly from worn clothing fibers. Researchers ...

Studies have long identified washing machines as a major contributor to microplastics, with fibers shedding from clothing ...

It seems “energy saver” washing machines may not be killing all the potentially harmful pathogens on your clothing — as was reportedly the case at a hospital in Germany. Researchers, in a study ...

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A washing machine used to clean newborn clothing harbored a multidrug-resistant bacteria and spread it to multiple patients, a new case study from Germany suggests. Published Friday in the ...