Interesting point, Chris. But the fact is, poor sanitation is poor sanitation. If somebody cooking at home doesn't have the few seconds it takes to clean a cutting board between uses I, for one, don't want them cooking for me.
One surprise: Studies have been done in which wood boards were tested against synthetics. Mind you, these were not washed or otherwise cleaned. In every case, there was less bacterial growth on the wooden boards than the synthetics---the exact opposite of what most people would suspect.
There are reasons why this happens, which I can share if anyone cares. But IMO the studies themselves were kind of silly. We should be encouraging good sanitation, not deciding which is the lesser evil. |