Running your sponges through the dishwasher helps kill bacteria. Scotch-Brite recommends replacing sponges at least once a month. It’s an inevitability on the order of death and taxes: If you cook, ...

Your kitchen sponge, a silent workhorse, harbors billions of bacteria, making it dirtier than toilets. Its porous nature, combined with warmth and moisture, creates a breeding ground for harmful ...

You may cringe each time you wring out your dirty, old kitchen sponge, thinking you should replace it. And often, you then forget. But you really should swap it out for a new one – and probably more ...

A kitchen sponge is one of the dirtiest items in your home. Learn how to clean a kitchen sponge and tell when it's time to toss it. One of the hardest working tools in the kitchen is a sponge. You ...

Sponges are the most bacteria-covered objects in most homes (more so than toilets), according to microbiologists. One recent study found even more microbial diversity on sponges than researchers ...

A kitchen sponge is one of the dirtiest items in your home. Learn how to clean a kitchen sponge and tell when it's time to toss it. One of the hardest working tools in the kitchen is a sponge. You ...