Microwave experiments cause sponge disastersCould the destruction of a sponge really be considered a "disaster"? And, gee, who would have thought that putting something in an oven would cook it?
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Reports about a study that found microwave ovens can be used to sterilize kitchen sponges sent people hurrying to test the idea this week -- with sometimes disastrous results.
A team at the University of Florida found that two minutes in the microwave at full power could kill a range of bacteria, viruses and parasites on kitchen sponges.
They described how they soaked the sponges in wastewater and then zapped them. But several experimenters evidently left out the crucial step of wetting the sponge.
"Just wanted you to know that your article on microwaving sponges and scrubbers aroused my interest. However, when I put my sponge/scrubber into the microwave, it caught fire, smoked up the house, ruined my microwave, and pissed me off," one correspondent wrote in an e-mail to Reuters.
Thursday, January 25, 2007
Oh, the Sponge-anity!
Putting the phrase "sponge disasters" in a headline is a pretty good way to get me to click on an article. From Yahoo! News:
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