Porous and perennially damp, kitchen sponges never stood a chance against the microbes lurking within. The programme Talking Point finds out the best way to clean them and if the material matters.

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Kitchen sponges can be revolting cesspits of harmful bacteria, crawling with E. coli, Salmonella, and enough unwanted microbes to rival a laboratory Petri dish.. A sponge’s holey structure is ...

Even if you know instinctively that your kitchen sponge can get pretty nasty, the numbers still might shock you: 54 billion bacteria per cubic centimeter (yes, billion with a B) can be found on a ...

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. Getty Images One of the hardest working tools in the kitchen is ...

Kitchen sponges keep our dishes spotless, but actually, they’re one of the dirtiest tools you could be using. One study has ...

The kitchen sponge represents one of the most humble yet ubiquitous tools in modern homes. Used daily for washing dishes, wiping counters, and general cleaning, these porous cleaning aids rarely ...

Rachael Ray replaces her kitchen sponge every week to help reduce the buildup of bacteria and odors. Grab a shopper-loved set ...

Although P&G doesn’t manufacture kitchen sponges, it does make the soaps and detergents that people use with them. “Sponges harbor a lot of bacteria,” she told me in a phone interview.