Why You Should Stop Using Plastic Cutting Boards Right Now

Here’s a disturbing home experiment. Find a plastic cutting board in your kitchen and run your finger over the surface of it. As an article about a new study from researchers at North Dakota State University explains, “each ding represents a degradation of the material. And that material has to go somewhere.” So each time you chop food, it’s possible you’re releasing thousands of little specks of microplastic ... which all end up in your food.

After reading this study, you’ll probably want to get rid of all those plastic cutting boards and switch to wood immediately. Especially given the disturbing new findings about the worldwide abundance of microplastics and concerns over how they might negatively impact our health.