Your Kitchen Sponge Is Gross, and Cleaning It Isn't Helping

Your Kitchen Sponge Is Gross, and Cleaning It Isn't Helping
AP Photo/The Porterville Recorder, Chieko Hara

Maybe you saw the MythBusters on the secret grossness of everyday items like the kitchen sponge, and resolved to clean up your act by tossing the bacteria-ridden thing in the dishwasher or microwave every so often. Alas, according to a new study from the journal Scientific Reports, the ways you've been cleaning your sponges may be entirely ineffective.

 



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