@nontoxicdad: These everyday items are making your kitchen TOXIC! 🧼🍳☠️ 1️⃣ Traditional yellow sponges 🧽: These sponges can harbor up to 45 BILLION bacteria per cm² (and up to 362 different species of those bacteria and other microorganisms)! 
👉 That’s like rubbing a petri dish on your plate and then eating off of it, which can lead to gut health issues like gut dysbiosis, digestion problems, and more!
 ✅ Instead of sponges, switch to 100% natural loofah scrubbers. 2️⃣ Anything with Teflon (especially pans, skillets, and air fryers): It's not just the nonstick coating flakes that get into your food... 👉 When heated over 500°F, teflon and nonstick coatings release toxic forever chemicals into your air (which can lead to the dreaded “Teflon Flu” with flu-like symptoms and even hospitalization).
 ✅ Instead of Teflon, switch to carbon steel or stainless steel instead. 3️⃣ Plastic cutting boards (and more): The biggest problem is the microplastics. Plastic cutting boards can release millions of microplastics that can end up in your body EVERY TIME YOU USE THEM! 
👉 Black plastic kitchen items are no better: These are often made from recycled e-waste (so many can end up releasing toxic compounds like flame retardants & formaldehyde when you use them).
 ✅ Instead of plastic cutting boards and utensils, switch to 100% solid wood (but make sure they are free of toxic coatings). With proper care, these wood kitchen items will stay beautiful for years (and happen to be naturally antimicrobial). #kitchentips #kitchenitems #cookingtips #healthhacks #nontoxicliving

xoxcola :

what should i swap plastic cutting boards for?

user6559656573510 :

Loofahs literally grow visible mold in them.

Loa :

I’m tired

4thQuarterShorty :

Why is it the consumers responsibility when these companies shouldn’t even be making them lol

riri :

Can we live

Ernest C :

I believe that soap is a self cleaning product, that’s means when you apply dish soap to the sponge, all those bad bacteria must die 👍🏾

yessimarealtor :

…. I need a gofundme… throwing everything out. 😭🤣

مُحَمَّد :

So why do you have it 🤨

Eliza :

Our microbiology teacher mentioned that we should keep the soap on the sponges after we finish washing the dishes because the soap is what kills the bacteria. And if you rinse it out, you’re basically just leaving the bacteria there to dry. so keeping it with the soap helps kill the bacteria. And if you’re so worried about it, he said that you can put the sponge in the microwave for 2 to 3 minutes to kill all the little bacteria. I found that really interesting

I'm Omniing it :

Man I hate it when i leave my teflon pan on my stove and accidentally heating it up to 500°F 🫤

Nikki in the desert :

did you not mention wood cutting boards and alternative? because they can actually be even worse for bacterial growth because people don't wash them correctly?

Goofy Goober :

grew my own loofahs, I already cured them and we use them throughout the year. 🙏

Mahmudul Hassan Anik :

DJ SHARK 🌏 :

Teflon in 2025 is wild

⋆˚꩜｡ :

and you have all of them lol😂😭

Jordan :

As a polymer chemist and engineer, I’m the biggest hater of plastics around food. Keep it away from me.

Girley 🥨 :

You should use separate sponge for glasses plates pans etc. maybe you use one sponge for all that’s why its so dirty…

delgadorlando :

Hum, I kind of disagree about the sponge. At least here in Brazil, we use dish soap, and that already kills microorganisms. What really matters is changing the sponge regularly. And if you want to be more eco friendly or sustainable, you can use natural sponges instead.

anonymoussurveillance77 :

That’s why you use a new sponge every week!

angelhotsancheZ :

What kind of cutting boards should you be using? Wood?

anonymousbosslady :

Is silicon safe to use as cooking utensils?

Panda13 🕷️ :

What is that t shirt and pants made of?

Dara :

What should I use to beat my chicken on? I usually use a plastic cutting board and then I use glass for cutting

ncfccharlie :

I think we all just go out and live in the woods at this point

Wayne :

Is silicon safe