The kitchen sponge you use to wash dishes or clean the counters should be replaced each week, according to a new study. According to a newly published study from the online Journal of Scientific Reports , cleaning your kitchen sponge by microwaving or boiling it doesn’t significantly reduce bacteria and can even increase it, in…
A birthday cake isn’t complete without the candles, but new research suggests that when you blow them out, there’s spit, you’re spreading bacteria all over your dessert. Scientists out of Clemson University in South Carolina say that on average, blowing out birthday cake candles increases bacteria counts on the icing of a cake by…