coli can live up to 16 days on or in a kitchen sponge. The institute’s bacteria ... white vinegar bath for five minutes in a dish or a small bowl is recommended. Estimates vary, but vinegar ...

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 ...

Your kitchen sponge may seem like a small tool, but it could be posing a significant risk to your health. From harboring ...

If you're the sort to clean your kitchen counters with a sponge ... Mock says. "Place the sponge in a small container and pour about six ounces of vinegar over it. Let the sponge soak for at ...