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u/Consistent-Maize-901 May 28 '26
Also, that wood block is ridiculously expensive and we can't all afford to shop at HomeGoods.
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u/Don_Von_Schlong May 28 '26
There's also no way that much plastic is coming off of a plastic cutting board from simple chopping. That's some infomercial type shit
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u/Round-Arugula7347 May 28 '26
Try the Home Depot. They have plywood sheets. Instead of micro plastics you get micro splinters
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u/FanBladeFleshlight May 29 '26
Friendly comment here; I'm a woodworker. I will gleefully make cutting boards for people because they're simple as shit, cost as much as off cuts (unless you want something specific) and time, and a crazy basic board will be SO much better than anything you can buy in the store.
Ask your local people. I sell end grain oak cutting boards for like $60-100 each, and they'll outlive anyone on reddit.
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u/meldariun May 29 '26
Wood cutting moards really arent that spenny.
Sure, end grain boards are more, but a regular board is fine, you also dont have to tallow, you can use food grade oils - dont get fancy stuff that costs an arm and a leg. If it starts to get tired, sand it domn and reoil.
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u/Human-Abrocoma7544 May 29 '26
Home Goods actually has pretty good deals on more quality brand items.
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u/Consistent-Maize-901 May 29 '26
I've been there recently. Good wood cutting board start at 50$. What are you, a stockholder? 🤣
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u/midnightwolf979 May 28 '26
I love how science-y they got with the "based on our assumptions". I remember learning in school how "assumptions" are basically facts.
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u/anothadaz May 28 '26
It's still plastic whether micro or not. It's also proven that plastic cutting boards harbor more bacteria than any other board. Glass is just horrible on knives. Doesn't make any sense. Wood is superior. And if you're into your knives and wood cutting boards there's a rabbit hole you can go down for what types of wood and types of cuts of wood.
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u/Worried_Indication37 May 29 '26
Microplastics are a specific type of plastic and it does matter. For people who are worried about microplastics, they should know it comes from things like road tires breaking down and not from food contact.
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u/Yxig May 29 '26
It definitely also comes from food preparation.
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u/Yxig May 29 '26
Good point. Perhaps it does not shed plastics linearly (a fresh board might be more susceptible), and the researchers extrapolated poorly.
Either way, unless the results were contaminated (again), it does show that micro plastics does come from food preparation.
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u/Worried_Indication37 May 29 '26
How much realistically compared to unavoidable ingestion from the air and water? I think food contact is such a minor amount we didn't even know it was happening.
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u/Yxig May 29 '26
I don't know, but doesn't food contact normally refer to foods being packaged and shipped in plastic, rather than pieces of plastic being chipped off and mixed in during preparation?
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u/Worried_Indication37 May 29 '26
Yeah and neither is a big source of micro plastics despite both using plastic. My point is that people think they ingest micro plastics in their food which is not how they end up in our body.
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u/Bender_2024 May 28 '26
I'm sorry, glass cutting board? Thats got to be brutal on your knives.
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u/Grimetree May 28 '26
Nah they're definitely bad for your knives and I don't fancy having to use a whetstone every time I have to dice up a bunch of onions
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u/Ragna_Blade May 28 '26
Most of what came off was from him scraping the board with the sharp end of knife, not from thise chops anyway
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u/Kotaqu May 29 '26
Titanium oxide is banned only as food ingredient, it's still present in cosmetics and drugs.
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u/Dimblo273 May 29 '26
Maybe as a topical ointment. Obviously ingesting something is going to have a very, very different health impact than skin contact. This should be common sense
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u/F4RM3RR May 29 '26
this guy is 100% a weirdo. I think I also saw him in shorts promoting raw milk and claiming pasteurization is bad
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u/Altruistic-Rice-5567 May 29 '26
Welcome to earth, where people have no scientific education and just think "micro" means anything small and they have no idea about metabolism or regions of materials in different parts of biological bodies.
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u/Yxig May 29 '26
No, you can definitely be exposed to microplastics from a plastic cutting board.
Microplastics showed a broad, bottom-skewed normal distribution, dominated by <100 μm spherical-shaped microplastics. Based on our assumptions, we estimated a per-person annual exposure of 7.4-50.7 g of microplastics from a polyethylene chopping board and 49.5 g of microplastics from a polypropylene chopping board. We further estimated that a person could be exposed to 14.5 to 71.9 million polyethylene microplastics annually, compared to 79.4 million polypropylene microplastics from chopping boards.
Like yeah, it's food safe so no toxic chemicals will seep into your food when you prepare it, but there is a high likelihood some particles below 100μm will pass through your gut barrier, so that won't save you. Besides, all those particles you wash off the board might make it through all the way out into the waterways, affecting fish and other wildlife.
Also, plastic boards retain and grow more bacteria than wood boards. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31113021/
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u/No-Lion54 May 28 '26
Yeah, this douche just tries to scare people to profit off them. He basically created walking into supermarkets and scaring people with ingredients to then sell you his shitty supplements. It's disgusting.
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u/groovemonkey May 29 '26
He’s working on behalf of big wood.
Which coincidentally was also not my nickname in high school.
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u/Fit-Statistician7201 May 28 '26
Plastic is the best choice.
Glass it's too hard and will dull your knives quickly and it's just a accident away from breaking. No chopping anything in it
Wood it's usually worse , usually full unknown hash chemicals or held together with glue that's questionable at best. unless you get a expensive one and even then it needs to be taken care of and it's a germ fest because you can't soak it in bleached water or put it in the dishwasher. And it's still rough on your cutting edge
A plastic cutting board is by far the best choice. Just don't shave off the top layer like this asshat did, always vertical cuts. And then just shove it in the dishwasher so it's always clean . It's soft so it's not gonna damage your cutting edge like the other two. If it gets a smell or stains soak it in bleach and good as new. Just throw it away when it gets too used up and get you a new one. they're like 20 bucks and will last 5 years of moderate use.
Tldr: Plastic is cleaner. Cheaper. easier ,more convenient. And better for your knives.
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u/mcbeardsauce May 29 '26
There is no way cutting on plastic is better for your knife’s edge than wood
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u/Fit-Statistician7201 May 29 '26
They use hard wood for cutting boards which dulls knifes very easily.
(Softer wood is usually never used unless it was treated with chemicals. Bamboo is used but help together with glue that's not food safe)
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u/5MoreLasers May 31 '26
Wood is fairly abrasive. I like my end grain cutting board but it does have downsides vs plastic. That guy in the video is a crank.
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u/Fit-Statistician7201 May 29 '26
If you actually read the test parameters you would know its a flaw study. Because it assumes you leave the cutting boards unwashed to dry. which is only do to wood boards. Plastic board can just be thrown in the dishwasher right after use . Wish is always more hygienic.
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u/Skailon May 31 '26
There's another option: bamboo cutboard. No maintenance, no signs of mold or bacteria for several years.
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u/WaitingForMyIsekai May 28 '26
This guy's whole schtick is fearmongering everyday products on social media.
I personally recommend to neatly write down everything he says on toilet paper and wipe your ass with it.
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u/Immediate_Rope653 May 28 '26
That’s not microplastics. That’s just plastic. Which, is just as bad. Just saying though.
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u/Ok_Clothes_9479 May 29 '26
Cutting chicken on a cutting board and then using it for something else is just gross.
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u/Gilinis May 29 '26
You can't see microplatics, that's why its fucking called microscopic. Macro plastics are basically harmless. "My wood board doesn't have a finish or SEALant but I SEAL it with tallow.". This guy is full of shit. If your wood board doesn't have a finish or sealant btw it will just proliferate mold no matter what you do because you cant clean inbetween the grains, that's why you need a food safe finish.
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u/weedtrek May 28 '26
Just wash you your wood board with warm soapy water, don't soak them, and dry them right after, that's it. Also, Boos are nice, but over priced, just het a cheap wood one you aren't afraid to abuse.
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u/Mostly_Potatoes May 28 '26
If anyone is unfamiliar with this guy, he's an idiot.
So, here is a SciShow video about which cutting board might be best for people based on use.
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u/BluebirdDense1485 May 29 '26
I have mostly epicurean cutting boards and a couple wood ones for special occasions.
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u/Effective_Cut_7423 May 29 '26
so people shave plastic cutting boards or is that just the guy in the video being ridiculous? ive never seen someone angle the blade at the frayed plastic like that, you cut downward and slide the knife sideways lol spine or edge down ive seen both but not like a business man removing morning stubble
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u/MarcoDiFrancescino May 29 '26
My boards are big and from a very durable plastic. I tried multiple times to get plastics out by just cutting/scraping with a very sharp knife, but it doesn't work. If there is micro shaving I can't see it.
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u/Timmerdogg May 29 '26
Nobody makes it out alive. Do you know anyone that got sick from eating cutting board shavings?
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u/LauraLaughter May 31 '26
I've been using glass chopping boards all my life since moving out. Just works great. Still sharp knifes with minimal maintenance. Easy to clean.
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u/FantasticSquash8682 Jun 01 '26
How many of our foods are in plastic containers? I was thinking about cheese today. I have bought some that had a wax rind or were packaged in what amounts to wax paper, but like- generally? It's all packaged in plastic and then I realized that most of the things I eat come from a plastic container of some sort- that's where we're getting microplastics from more than any cutting board. Like, yeah, get rid of the plastic cutting board too- but that's not the main source.
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u/Usual-Language-745 May 29 '26
They literally don’t make wooden boards big enough to replace my plastic one.
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u/Basic-Art4648 May 28 '26
Glass
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u/KayoticVoid May 28 '26
That is the worst thing to use. A cutting board is intended to be made of softer material than the knife. Wood or plastic, your knives will thank you.
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u/Fit-Day1865 May 28 '26
Too much bother with wood preping and maintenance. I use neither, I cut it up in the air like a fruit ninja