Sponges probably aren’t as clean as they seem, even if we use them to clean our dishes and surfaces. A 2019 study found that sponges contain high levels of bacteria and described them as “the ...

Northwestern researchers developed sponges to address water pollution and identified potential health risks of a juice-based ...

If you're like most people, you use a kitchen sponge every day to clean your dishes. But is the sponge itself clean? The answer is probably no. "That thing is very dirty," Philip Tierno ...

If you're someone who prefers to wash up by hand rather than using a dishwasher, you probably reach for the trusty sponge or scourer to scrub away food remnants from your dishes. However ...

Laziness is partially to blame (I struggle to go through my own skincare regimen these days, and you expect me to give my sponge a bath?), and the fact that I haven't really known how to clean a ...

If you're the sort to clean your kitchen counters with a sponge, you may want to opt for an antibacterial kitchen wipe or machine-washable microfiber towel that you can bleach or throw in the ...

We’ve got the lowdown on the sponge-cleaning tips that really work. Thought you’d been neglecting your make-up brushes with a once-in-a-blue-moon clean? Spare a thought for your BeautyBlenders ...

Did you know millions of bacteria can live on your kitchen sponge, even when you clean it regularly? Still, it's a good idea to clean it every day you use it. Wet a sponge and nuke it in the ...