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 a ...

Person holding a new kitchen sponge in one hand and an old, tattered sponge in the other. - Ladanifer/Getty Images Sponges are used to wipe counters, scrub dishes, and maybe even clean residue from ...

You're probably not doing it often enough. Whether I'm wiping off the counter or scrubbing a pot, I reach for a versatile ...

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 ...

If you had to rank the dirtiest things in your home, you’d probably start with the bathroom—the toilet, the plunger, or the hand towels you don’t wash as often as you should. But as it turns out, if ...

This article may contain affiliate links that Yahoo and/or the publisher may receive a commission from if you buy a product or service through those links. It’s common knowledge that a kitchen sponge ...

Scientists have long thrown shade at the unassuming kitchen sponge. The household staple skulks in sinks amid dirty dishes and soggy food scraps, sopping up and amplifying microbial forces capable of ...

Your kitchen sponge is disgusting. Chuck Gerba, professor of microbiology at the University of Arizona, told the BBC in 2012 that a kitchen sponge is 200,000 times dirtier than a toilet seat. Now, ...

Sponges Harbor More Bacteria Than Your Toilet Seat Here's something that might turn your stomach. A study included DNA ...