>I could be very wrong about this, but I recall reading a year or two
>back that wooden boards absorb and neutralize bacteria while plastic
>cutting boards collect wonderful (bad) cultures in the tiny cuts and
>cracks in their surfaces.
University of California Wellness Letter did a brief blurb on this
a few years ago. If someone is REALLY interested I'll go look up
that issue and type it in. But what she said (above) is what I
understood them to say.
Doris
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