Tea towels are a kitchen essential but they can quickly lose their absorbency and become unhygienic if not washed properly. A ...

Seward added that tea towels, once removed from a tumble dryer, should be aired rather than folded or placed in a bag. A similar incident nearly occurred at Men Behaving Badly star Neil Morrissey's ...

One study sampled 100 used tea towels and found a marked presence of staphylococcus aureus Staphylococcus aureus, which is often found on the skin but is also a pathogen that can cause a variety ...

Multi-use of tea towels is putting households at risk of food poisoning, research suggests. Scientists from the University of Mauritius examined 100 towels that had been used for a month.

Repeated use of tea towels in the kitchen could be putting families at risk of food poisoning, according to new research. Bacterial build-up was measured on 100 towels over the course of a month ...