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https://archive.is/LMFue | :

Kitchen sponges are festering germ dens—and sanitizing them doesn’t help | Ars Technica

' But, the work highlights “an amazing bacterial colonization of kitchen sponges” that they hope will “create even more awareness for kitchen sponges as hygienically relevant microbial incubators.”'

'In a comprehensive study of 14 household sponges and their microbial inhabitants published in Scientific Reports, researchers confirmed that kitchen sponges are indeed domestic abominations. '

'Scientists have long thrown shade at the unassuming kitchen sponge. '

'Taking top and bottom samples from 14 household sponges used in Germany, the researchers extracted genetic material to sequence and identify microbial inhabitants. '

'Moreover, any sterilizing attempts only seem to temporarily free up sponge-space for potential pathogens, which rapidly recolonize the festering scrubber. '

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