It can be easy to overlook cleaning the things we use to clean other things, but major appliances like washing machines and dryers do need to be cleaned and properly maintained to optimize performance ...

It can be easy to overlook cleaning the things we use to clean other things, but major appliances like washing machines do need to be cleaned and properly maintained to optimize performance and ensure ...

If you assume the inside of your washer is the cleanest place in your home because you put detergent through it with every load of laundry, join the club. Most people think that — and that's a really ...

Sometimes it is easy to forget that the items in our home that help us clean things also need to be cleaned on occasion. And, regardless of which brand your top-loading washing machine is, it is one ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rawpixel / Getty Images Even if we do laundry almost every day, it’s easy to forget that the washing machine itself needs regular ...

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.

LG makes a range of high-efficiency front-loaders, and the WM3600HWA is a particularly affordable yet high-performing option. It aces our rigorous cleaning tests in the lab, and washes gently and ...