Germophobes...you can nuke your sponges!

[rainbowtrout]

I boil my sponges for 5-8 mins. It doesn''t have the smell problem and I, like LK, don''t like using paper towels for environmental reasons.

FYI, I''ve read that bottled water in the US has 3X the bacterial content of tap water.

I try to clorox my cutting boards sometimes, but I use wooden boards bc they eventually trap and kill backteria anyway. Plastic ones are much more gross IMO.

Sinks get nasty as well..I bleach mine every other week or so.

Honestly, if you follow basic common sense it''s pretty hard to give yourself a food borne illness in the kitchen.

I''ve gotten three or four here---having NEVER had food poisoning before in my life. So, my advice is...if you wash your hands frequently and use TP, you''re probably OK.

 

[Beacon]

I believe a person could learn most of what is needed in life by reading PS forums. The toilet lid thing - who knew?

The idea sounds sort of bogus about the toilet lid and I was inclined to ignore it. But then I realized that back during the SARS epidemic I read that one apartment building in Asia became a SARS hot spot and they laid the blame on not closing the toilet lid before the flush.

Now I am thinking - hey there must be some truth in it all. My God.

I am following up on why my faucet filters look bad. I talked with the manager of the water district who assures me the water is wonderfully, perfectly, clean and pure. Ok. He also gave me a lab I can send stuff to. So maybe I will - not sure if I really want to hear it though....