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In article <1k7egfINNpcb@fido.asd.sgi.com>, jojo@sandman.asd.sgi.com (jojo Wesener) writes:
>I recently read a report on a study which came to the conclusion
>that wood cutting boards were better than plastic cutting boards.
>Studies using salmonella and other harmful bacteria showed that
>when the bacteria was left on wood boards overnight, the bacteria would
>die.  When the same bacteria was left on plastic boards overnight, the
>bacteria counts would increase.
>
>A news report was recently posted to one of the clarinet groups.  The
>researcher's involved couldn't find any studies which claimed plastic
>to be better than wood.  It all appears to be word of mouth, marketing
>propaganda.

Well, one possible explanation follows.  Wood is porous.  If you put a drop of
water on an unfinished wooden surface, it will (fairly) quickly be absorbed by
the wood, dispersed throughout that part of the surface near where the drop
started, and by virtue of the additional surface area of the moisture, dry out
pretty quickly.  Do the same on a plastic surface, and the water stays put and
evaporates rather slowly.  Many bacteria don't last long when dehydrated.
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