The Secret Meaning Behind Kitchen Sponge Colors ...

As a longtime food safety consultant, teacher and inspector, Robert Romaine has seen plenty of disastrous and dirty commercial kitchens. He knows the menacing microbes that make us sick and has seen ...

Beth Skwarecki is Lifehacker’s Senior Health Editor and has been writing about health, fitness, and science here since 2015. Beth was the recipient of the 2017 Carnegie Science Award in science ...

Your kitchen sponge, a silent workhorse, harbors billions of bacteria, making it dirtier than toilets. Its porous nature, combined with warmth and moisture, creates a breeding ground for harmful ...

Sponges are the most bacteria-covered objects in most homes (more so than toilets), according to microbiologists. One recent study found even more microbial diversity on sponges than researchers ...

Kitchen sponges are the biggest hosts of active bacteria in the household and can be home to more microbes than a toilet, new research has revealed. The study found that kitchen sponges act as the ...