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Your dish sponge is gross. Here’s what food safety experts use instead

The World Health Organization advises against using sponges to clean plates and utensils. Here’s why.

Reported by The Age
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INCIDENT FUSION

4 reports · 4 sources

The AgeYour dish sponge is gross. Here’s what food safety experts use insteadSydney Morning HeraldYour dish sponge is gross. Here’s what food safety experts use insteadThe AgeYour dish sponge is gross. Here’s what food safety experts use insteadSydney Morning HeraldYour dish sponge is gross. Here’s what food safety experts use instead
INCIDENT EVOLUTION

14 recorded states

Signal first indexedP1 · 68% quality · 1 source

Corroboration 1→2 sources · quality 68→72P1 · 72% quality · 2 sources

Quality 72→76P1 · 76% quality · 2 sources

Quality 76→80P1 · 80% quality · 2 sources

Quality 80→84P1 · 84% quality · 2 sources

Quality 84→88P1 · 88% quality · 2 sources

Quality 88→92P1 · 92% quality · 2 sources

Corroboration 2→3 sources · quality 92→99P1 · 99% quality · 3 sources

Corroboration 3→4 sourcesP1 · 99% quality · 4 sources

Corroboration 4→3 sourcesP1 · 99% quality · 3 sources

Corroboration 3→4 sourcesP1 · 99% quality · 4 sources

Corroboration 4→2 sources · quality 99→72P1 · 72% quality · 2 sources

Corroboration 2→4 sources · quality 72→84P1 · 84% quality · 4 sources

Quality 84→96P1 · 96% quality · 4 sources

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