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The debate between wood and plastic cutting boards has been simmering for years, and with Food Safety Education Month upon us, it's the perfect time to revisit the question. Is wood truly better for ...

Plastic chopping boards can release over 70 million microplastic particles annually into food and wastewater Microplastics are being detected in human blood and organs, raising serious health concerns ...

You’ve probably used a number of different cutting boards in your life. Perhaps you had a thick, butcher block-style wooden one. Or a thin plastic one that you could easily pick up, fold up and dump ...