Should You Replace Your Sponge Every Week? Here’s What the Science Says
Despite being doused in hot, soapy water daily, sponges are the perfect breeding ground for microorganisms. Most of these are relatively harmless environmental bacteria that live all around us, but sponges can also harbor pathogens such as Campylobacter, Salmonella, Staphylococcus, E. coli, and Listeria. If you don’t treat your sponge right, that growth can be…