Replacing your home's air filter is a home maintenance task on everyone's radar, but when was the last time you thought about your microwave's filter? These filters are crucial components to every ...

Carbon has many uses, and eliminating odors is one of its numerous capabilities. Bulk carbon has always been the ideal method for removing VOCs from a manufacturing procedure or PetroChem application.

All sorts of nasties—lead, mercury, radium, nitrates, norovirus, agricultural runoff, PFAS, and more—can lurk in your water. No surprise, then, that about 40% of U.S. homes filter theirs. But the ...

While it's a relatively low-maintenance appliance, your microwave does require some occasional attention. As long as you clean up any spills or messes as soon as you make them (or see them), and wipe ...

If you're taking the time to clean your microwave, you should also make sure to clean the filter. It's easier than you think, and needs just one household item.

Every once in a while we come across a life-altering cleaning hack that really blows our mind and we just stumbled along one particularly intriguing trick while perusing our TikTok feed. Until ...

A cheap charcoal air filter can reduce nitrogen dioxide (NO 2) inside vehicles by as much as 90%, compared to levels outside the vehicle. Research presented in a report by WM Air, the West Midlands ...

A microwave is far from being a home appliance that's a complete waste of money. It has a ton of uses in the kitchen, from reheating meals and thawing frozen meats to disinfecting sponges and ...

A closeup electron microscopy image of activated carbon, like those found in water filters. Credit: Dr. Mark Gale Activated carbon filters have become common household items as water filters in ...

The carbon filters bought by Norfolk Southern to protect East Palestine’s municipal water supply in the wake of last year’s train derailment are shown this winter before a structure to house the ...

01/28/21 Update: This article describes the benefits of filtration in homemade masks, which are similar to the protection afforded by the surging practice of double-masking. You can read more here.

Activated charcoal has been exposed to chemicals that allow it to bind to certain substances. Many water filters contain activated charcoal because it can remove toxins from drinking water. But eating ...