The cotton swabs used by many state police departments were found to have been contaminated before shipping.

Don't try to dig it out using cotton swabs or anything else, for that matter.

Do you often insert things - like cotton swabs - into your ears?

Sticking cotton swabs or other objects into your ear is a bad idea.

Q: How bad is it really to stick a cotton swab in my ear?

But cotton swabs are meant for use on the outside of your ear, not the inside.

The traditional cotton swab has a single tip on a wooden handle, and these are still often used, especially in medical settings.

The solution can be applied with a cotton swab and then gently pulled flat by hand.

It's performed by applying a cotton swab to the surface of the throat.

Nothing to prove I'd ever been here, except for some bloody cotton swabs.