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Are chopping boards dirtier than toilet seats?
Yes, studies have found that a used kitchen chopping board can hold up to 200 times more faecal bacteria per square centimetre than a household toilet seat. So if you are asking “how do I choose the best chopping board to keep my kitchen safer?”, the answer is to pick a board that is gentle on knives, easy to clean properly and matched to what you actually cut day to day. Are chopping boards really dirtier than toilet seats? The scary bit first. Research from food hygiene labs has shown that older plastic and heavily scored wooden boards can carry...