This just in:

[conuly]

Kitchen sponges? Dirtier than toilets.

At this point, I'm starting to wonder if there's anything less likely to harbor germs than your average toilet! Yeesh.

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[appadil.livejournal.com]

Unless they've been heat-sterilized, kitchen sponges are RIDICULOUSLY germy; you've got a moist, stagnant environment at room temperature that's often full of nutrients from spills that have been wiped up. It's like a bacterial paradise in there.

[conuly]

Oh, I already knew this. I'm not even remotely surprised. I just like to keep track of these stories.