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Professional cleaner urges everyone to stop using popular two-ingredient cleaning trick

An Aussie professional cleaner has issued a warning for DIY cleaners to stop using the viral two-ingredient hack to clean your sink. Kacie Stephens, who runs The Big Clean Co cleaning service in Melbourne, has warned Aussies against deep cleaning clogged kitchen drains using vinegar and bi-carb soda. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Professional cleaner debunks viral cleaning method. For more Lifestyle related news and videos check out Lifestyle >> The viral cleaning method has been doing the rounds on TikTok for years - with many “cleaning influencers” around the world swearing by the hack in videos racking up millions of views. However, Stephens warned the ”old wives tale” of mixing vinegar and bi-carb soda to clean clogged drains can actually do more harm than good. “Hear me out,” she captioned her video. “Using vinegar and bi-carb soda to unblock your drains is reckless. “You risk creating more of a blockage.” A professional clean er says we should stop using vinegar and bi-carb soda ...

US lab hits fusion milestone raising hopes for clean power

WASHINGTON: US scientists on Tuesday revealed a breakthrough on fusion energy that could one day help curb climate change if companies can scale up the Technology to a commercial level in the coming decades. Scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Lab in California on Dec. 5 for the first time briefly achieved a net energy gain in a fusion experiment using lasers, the US Energy Department said. The scientists focused a laser on a target of fuel to fuse two light atoms into a denser one, releasing the energy. Kimberly Budil, the director of Lawrence Livermore, told reporters at an Energy Department event that Science and Technology hurdles mean commercialization is probably not five or six decades away, but sooner. "With concerted effort and investment, a few decades of research on the underlying technologies could put us in a position to build a power plant," Budil said. Scientists have known for about a century that fusion powers the sun and have pu...