That innocent kitchen sponge you've been using for years contains 200 times more bacteria than your toilet seat—and you're spreading it across your counters with every wipe.

There's something very satisfying about working in a clean and organised kitchen, and by now, much has been said about how to keep it that way. But have you ever wondered what happens to those cloths ...

Sponges Harbor More Bacteria Than Your Toilet Seat Here's something that might turn your stomach. A study included DNA ...

It may come as a surprise to the houseproud and ‘clean freaks’ among us but the kitchen sponge is one of the dirtiest places in the home – 200,000 times dirtier than a toilet seat. And it is not just ...

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 ...

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The Scrub Daddy sponge has become a cleaning phenomenon since its appeared on Shark Tank – the US equivalent of Dragon's Den – in 2012. Its immense popularity has led to the expansion of the brand, ...

As someone who lives in an apartment without a dishwasher, handwashing dishes has long occupied a not-insignificant portion of my day. And never more than lately, while sheltering in place. No matter ...

We're going to talk about periods. Periods as in Aunt Ruby, the Monthly Thing, the Curse, Code Red, the Scarlet Seven, or just plain old menstruation, as your health teacher called it. And we're going ...