Sponges are a mainstay in most people’s kitchens. They make wiping down countertops, cleaning dirty dishes, and scrubbing stubborn grease off your pans a breeze (plus plenty more kitchen sponge ...

You probably use it every day — multiple times a day if you don’t have a dishwasher — but are you sure that the kitchen sponge you're using to wipe dirty dishes is safe? A study from 2019 ...

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OK, I have my dirty sponge, and the first step is going to be to dampen it and then soak it in the sponge cleaner that came with the kit. The instructions say to put 20 milliliters, so I'm just ...

There is a middle ground between using a dirty sponge and throwing it away frequently: you can extend your kitchen sponge's life by cleaning it regularly. Soak the sponge for five minutes in a ...