According to the book, Organic Housekeeping : In Which the Non-Toxic Avenger Shows You How to Improve Your Health and That of Your Family, While You Save Time, Money, and, Perhaps, Your Sanity, you should toss your reusable kitchen sponges in favor of a dishcloth that you replace every day (at least) with a fresh one. Check out this icky statistic and toss those sponges:
Microbiologists at the University of Arizona at Tucson tested sponges and dish rags from 1,000 kitchens in five American U.S. cities and found dangerous bacteria — including E. coli, salmonella, pseudomonas and staphylococcus — on at least two-thirds of those tested.
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Gloria // Jun 13, 2006 at 4:51 am
arrrghhh!!!! guilty to the nth degree!!! i guess old habits die hard. ahhh, i should convince my mother. though it’s very common here in filipino households to reuse kitchen sponges until the end of its lifetime. he he.
yikes.;-)
Christina // Jun 13, 2006 at 10:51 am
Oh it is the same here, Gloria. Old habits DO die hard.
MRSA Notes » Six Germiest Items in Your Home // Jan 29, 2007 at 8:54 pm
[…] 1. Kitchen Sponges and Dishrags - you can microwave your sponges to kill bacteria - but be sure they are wet when you put them in - they have been known to ignite! I much prefer throwing out the sponges altogether and replacing them with lots of microfiber dishtowels. They do almost as good a job as the scrubby side of the sponges and you can use them once and give them a bath. I also use a tremendous number of paper towels. […]
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