Your kitchen sponge teems with bacteria – should you use a brush instead?
- Posted on February 19, 2025
- By BBC News
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Your kitchen sponge teems with bacteria – should you use a brush instead?

We use them to clean the dishes we eat off, but your kitchen sponge is a damp, crumb-filled environment that is perfect for bacteria to thrive in. Is a washing up brush better?