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Microbiologists have told how often you need to change sponges for washing dishes so as not to harm your health.
Have you thought about how often you change your dishwashing sponge? After all, you clean many different impurities with it. And this means that dangerous microbes can collect in the sponges.
Employees of Giessen University named after Yu. Liebikha decided to study sponges for washing dishes, which were used for 7-30 days. In total, about 360 types of bacteria were found on them. They live on the entire surface of the sponge, even inside. We can say that they are beginning to settle in the entire square.
- Sponges for washing dishes are best changed every week. Then micro-organisms will not have time to multiply on their surface in quantities dangerous for health, - comments microbiologist Svitlana Chubatova.
Experts also said that modern manufacturers often advertise super new sponges for washing dishes, which can be changed for a longer time. But experts advise not to succumb to this marketing ploy. They claim that old sponges are teeming with bacteria, fungi and even E. coli.
