Using a plastic cutting board can create thousands of small flecks of plastic, which can get onto your knife and into your food. But how harmful is that?

With Aldi’s Crofton Cutting Board with Inserts, cooks can designate an insert for a particular food or use. While each insert ...

Are plastic cutting boards safe? A new study is sending shoppers back to wood cutting boards. Here’s what to look for if you’re making the switch.

After research came out last year indicating that plastic cutting boards shed microplastic particles into our food, I’ve realized just how crucial a quality non-toxic cutting bo ...

Plastic cutting boards are often the reason for microplastics to wind up in food. Cooking author Adam James Pollock suggests when a board looks like this photo it should be thrown away.

In the test, both wood and plastic cutting boards were doused with bacteria including E. coli and salmonella — common food-born bugs that, in the worst cases, can both lead to a fatal illness.