# Cutting boards anti septic ?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cutting-boards-anti-septic/662705>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 5, 2013, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cutting-boards-anti-septic/662705 "2013-07-05T10:11:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![RearEchelon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@RearEchelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RearEchelon)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2013, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cutting-boards-anti-septic/662705/21 "2013-10-21T03:18:51Z")

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> [@theinscrutabledoctorknow](#):
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> I think wood or plastic cutting boards are no good cuz you leave little cuts in them for germs to hide in. I like glass or marble better.

Glass and marble boards are more for presentation and serving than for cutting on. They’ll ruin a good knife faster than sandpaper.

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2013, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cutting-boards-anti-septic/662705/22 "2013-10-21T07:25:30Z")

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> [@BMalion](#):
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> If wood cutting boards are unsanitary,
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> why haven’t we died out as a species by now?

They’re not, but this probably wouldn’t be a valid argument even if they were. Not everything that is harmful is severely harmful, all the time, every time.

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**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2013, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cutting-boards-anti-septic/662705/23 "2013-10-21T14:59:06Z")

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I’d like to see how the plastic boards treated with Microban compare to wood boards. Supposedly it’s some compound incorporated in the plastic itself that inhibits bacterial growth.

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**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2013, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cutting-boards-anti-septic/662705/24 "2013-10-21T16:20:43Z")

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> [@bump](#):
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> I’d like to see how the plastic boards treated with Microban compare to wood boards. Supposedly it’s some compound incorporated in the plastic itself that inhibits bacterial growth.

Quite the opposite I believe.

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**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2013, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cutting-boards-anti-septic/662705/25 "2013-10-21T16:31:23Z")

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You’re saying that microban encourages bacterial growth?

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