16 Feb 2025

How often should you wash your towels?

From Sunday Morning, 8:14 am on 16 February 2025

Is once a week enough to wash your towels? Should you reach for a clean towel daily?  

Elizabeth Scott, a professor of biology and co-director of the Simmons University Center for Hygiene and Health in Home and Community in Boston, joins Jim to chat about what your towel could be harbouring and how often you might like to wash it. 

fresh clean white sheets drying on clothes line in outdoor, laundry, washing.

Photo: fesus robert / 123RF

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