Even if you know instinctively that your kitchen sponge can get pretty nasty, the numbers still might shock you: 54 billion ...

NORWAY -- Kitchen sponges harbor more bacteria than kitchen brushes, which may be a more hygienic way to clean your dishes, according to researchers in Norway. "Salmonella and other bacteria grow and ...

Sponges are used to wipe counters, scrub dishes, and maybe even clean residue from the kitchen faucet head — there's no doubt they are essential for keeping your kitchen clean. But how long has yours ...

(CNN) — An everyday item in your kitchen is a better home for many diverse types of bacteria than a petri dish in a laboratory, new research revealed. A common sponge’s spatial partitioning — the way ...

BOSTON (CBS) -- Believe it or not, your kitchen sponge can make your dishes even dirtier. Researchers say a kitchen sponge can harbor more bacteria than a laboratory petri dish. Eww...but important to ...

According to cleaning experts this is what you need to know about how often you should be changing your sponge as well as how to clean it. “The thing you use to clean other items is more than often ...