What is safer, a plastic or wood cutting board?
Recent studies have shown that 99 % of bacteria will die with in 3 minutes of adequately washing a wooden cutting board. However, studies also show that bacteria multiplied during the same time period on plastic cutting boards. You may read more about his topic by searching for “wood verse plastic”. Spraying a mist of a 5% vinegar solution on your cutting board is a good way to sanitize it (this is the strength you typically purchase in the supermarket). This can help eliminate 99% of bacteria. Using bleach on a wood cutting board is ineffective because the organic make up of wood neutralizes the disinfectant property of bleach.
