In those same results:
https://www.spongebath.com/blogs/news/h ... ge-anymore
Researchers found that popular sponge-cleaning methods can only reduce general bacteria up to 60 percent, while making the remaining bacteria stronger and more densely packed on our sponges.
The above linked article does indeed include laundry in terms of the alarming concerns about the cleaning not making items cleaner, and seemingly making them much more... disgusting:
"...Researchers found that microwaving a sponge, throwing it in the laundry or dishwasher, dousing it in vinegar, boiling it in a pot on the stove, and other popular sponge-cleaning solutions just create more of some of the most potentially pathogenic bacteria, like the Acinetobacter, Moraxella and Chryseobacterium species — or “massive colonization” on your sponges. In the same density as human fecal matter..."
So does this outcome include laundering regular dishrags or dishtowels, etc., that are also used to mop up assorted messes??
If so, we've been remarkably lucky not to have gotten possibly deathly ill for many decades, and I'm sure we aren't alone in that "cleaning up history".
RM
Statistics: Posted by ResearchMed — Fri Jan 17, 2025 3:09 pm