A cotton swab is dipped into concentrated hydrochloric acid (producing hydrogen chloride gas) while a second on is dipped into concentrated aqueous ammonia (producing ammonia gas). Both cotton swabs ...

A 35-year-old male presented within 15 months of a perforating cotton swab injury to the right ear. Dislocation of the incus had initially been suspected at another center due to tympanic membrane ...

And that includes Q-Tips and cotton swabs. The cotton swabs that most of us use to clean wax out of our ears are a lot more harmful than helpful. When you put a Q-tip in your ear, it actually ends ...