Bathroom Plastics and Loofah Hygiene Risks (Full Transcript)

[00:00:00] Speaker 1: I use mine for, I don't know, a year. Nothing's happened to me.

[00:00:02] Speaker 2: Phoebe, you were using the same loofah for a year. What are the craziest things that contain plastics in a bathroom right now?

[00:00:09] Speaker 1: Dental floss. They go into your gums, right? Guess what you're forcing down there? Microplastics. Toothbrush. Every time you brush, microplastics all over.

[00:00:18] Speaker 2: How long is the right amount of time to use any kind of sponge or loofah in your life?

[00:00:23] Speaker 1: Dermatologists have talked about this over and over. You should not keep a plastic loofah for over six weeks. Do you know why?

[00:00:31] Speaker 2: No.

[00:00:31] Speaker 1: Moisture. Your bathroom is a little biohazard zone. And the bacteria gets trapped. Bacteria grows prolifically, so it gets really disgusting.