Microwaves and sponges might not mix well

[chelelev]

For those of you who have rushed to nuke your icky kitchen sponge in the microwave to get rid of the bad germies ...

http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/01/24/germs.sponges.reut/index.html

I send mine through the dishwasher whenever I think it is getting icky. I am sure some of my germaphobe friends would be sending it through the dishwasher on every cycle. :)

Comments

[lesliepear.livejournal.com]

We toss ours in the dishwasher also...ever so often. Or I toss them :)

[parker-wolf.livejournal.com]

Huh. And here I just buy a new one — cuz, they're like, $1.

[chelelev.livejournal.com]

I can be very cheap at times. Besides, I forget to buy a new one the next time I am in the store.

[flyingwolf.livejournal.com]

The original story as I heard it (WTOP - news radio) was the dishwasher only gets rid of a #% of germs (details not remembered, but it was a low #). Microwaving for x minutes kills x%. (very high impressive number.)

What they forgot is that people are STUPID. Seems like some forgot everything they may have known about how to microwave anything.

[taryns-mom.livejournal.com]

As long as microwaves have been around, I can't believe how stupid people are for putting something in it without having some type of moisture to go with it. *rolls eyes* And why on earth would anyone leave it in for the full two minutes if things started stinking? At the first sign of smoke, smell, etc.... a normal person would turn the damn thing OFF.

I throw mine in with a load of towels that are washed on hot water. If it's a load that doesn't need bleach then I throw in oxyclean.

Of course, I don't typically use sponges in the kitchen. They're used in the bathrooms or cleaning carpet spills. I use handiwipes for the kitchen and wash/change them frequently.