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Readers respond to a Pass Notes column on the four-minute shower

The cost of hot water has risen dramatically, while environmental concerns are more pressing than ever. So just how short should your shower be?

Washing your hands is an everyday activity we don't think about much. Washing your jewelry, on the other 'hand,' is something that seems to go on the to-do list yet rarely gets done. Shinery offers an option to do both at...

Direct to consumer online sales have helped a number of female-focused startups get products to market in recent years — often pitching better designed and generally more thoughtful feminine hygiene products than mainstream...

When it comes to personal care and beauty, finding ethical products can be tricky. Is it cruelty-free? Is it vegan? Is the packaging eco-friendly? The checklist for green products can be confusing, but the Inhabitat team...

Hopefully, deodorant is a daily part of your life. You use it after a shower, you buy more when you run out, but you probably don't think about deodorant much. Well, it's time to start. Most deodorant comes in a plastic tube...

Mexico City-based NOS has come out with a design to address one of the many causes of plastic pollution that consumers tend to overlook: toothbrushes. The company’s Everloop toothbrush combines a reusable, recycled plastic...

LastObject, the company that brought you the reusable cotton swab [...]

[caption id="attachment_834837" align="alignnone" width="593"] ®LavaMae.org[/caption] Lava Mae founder Doniece Sandoval, who has a background in marketing, community relations, and the arts, was eager to do something about...

Eighty-percent of infectious diseases are transmitted by touch, which makes hand hygiene one of the most effective ways to prevent the spread of infection...

  Most of us take for granted the fact that we can walk barefoot across our living room floor and not end up with a life-threatening disease, but that's far from the case in many regions of the world...

Gentlemen, now there is no excuse to leave the bathroom without washing your hands. Doing the right thing for the environment and fellow human beings is a lot easier with the Stand, a combination urinal and sink designed...

South African entrepreneurial firm Headboy Industries has developed a germicidal gel product called DryBath that is formulated as a solution to the dual problems of hygiene and water scarcity faced by destitute populations...

Bill Gates helped to invent the personal computer and now, through his philanthropic foundation, he plans to help reinvent the toilet. On Tuesday, the billionaire awarded the California Institute of Technology with a $100,000...