Zap those sponge germs away in the microwave!

[Syringer]

http://today.reuters.com/news/articlene...2492863_RTRUKOC_0_US-GERMS-SPONGES.xml

Two minutes in a microwave oven can sterilize most household sponges, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.

A team of engineering researchers at the University of Florida found that two minutes of microwaving on full power killed or inactivated more than 99 percent of bacteria, viruses or parasites, as well as spores, on a kitchen sponge.

"People often put their sponges and scrubbers in the dishwasher, but if they really want to decontaminate them and not just clean them, they should use the microwave," said Gabriel Bitton, a professor of environmental engineering who led the study.

If it works on cats why not sponges!

 

[illusion88]

Let's go pee in a strippers mouth while drinking windex!

 

[Lola]

you totally just made my day! how exciting!
(i am a recovering germaphobe!) usually i just toss my sponges since i get the cheap ones, or just use clorox wipes to clean everything but this is interesting news.

 

[rh71]

I knew there was a better reason to not doing dishes manually than just being lazy. Those sponges are fricken nasty.

 

[Specop 007]

FYI, the sponge (if wet) will be hotter then bloody hell afterwards. I dont know what would happen is the sponge is dry however.

 

[TuxDave]

Thanks, now I'm one step closer to having OCD.

 

[iamwiz82]

Originally posted by: LolaWiz
(i am a recovering germaphobe!)

Riiiiiiiiight.... :roll:

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: iamwiz82

Originally posted by: LolaWiz
(i am a recovering germaphobe!)

Riiiiiiiiight.... :roll:

lawler

it would be more lawler if you guys were in the next room from each other right now.

 

[everman]

Kinda like an autoclave.

 

[dman]

But that leaves 1% of the tuff MoFo's behind. If you nuke 'em for another 2minutes does it get rid of them too?

We use papertowels, bad for the environment I guess, but good for our kitchen sanitation needs.