jennifer quinlan

  • Can a Microwave Really Sanitize Your Dirty Sponges?

    Can a Microwave Really Sanitize Your Dirty Sponges?

    Let’s just start here: Kitchen sponges are disgusting. A 2017 study published in Nature.com’s Scientific Reports found that used kitchen sponges harbored a whopping 362 different types of bacteria, in a staggering density of 45 billion microbes per square centimeter. According to the report, kitchen environments host more microbes than toilets, “mainly due to the…