The University of Arizona researchers found that the average cutting board has 200 times more fecal bacteria than a toilet seat. This problem comes from raw meat since many fecal bacteria originate in animals’ internal organs. So, the tiny grooves your knife left in your cutting board are prime real estate for germs to get ‘comfortable’.
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