Is the wooden chopping board healthy?

It's poisonous.

Generally, household chopping boards are made of oolong wood (commonly known as ironwood) or bamboo chips, which are popular because they are strong and do not peel off. However, oolong wood often contains certain odor and toxic substances. Using it as a cooking board not only pollutes dishes, but also easily causes abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting. The chopping board bonded with bamboo chips is also harmful to human body because the adhesive often contains certain formaldehyde and benzene.

The wooden chopping board is thick and tough, which is more suitable for cutting meat or some hard food. However, in use, it is easy to chop out the wood residue, mix it with meat dishes and eat it into the body, which is harmful to the health after a long time. In addition, the wood chopping block is used for a long time, and the cut marks are easy to accumulate scale and difficult to clean, while some wood, such as poplar itself, is easy to crack and is more likely to breed bacteria after repeated use.

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After the traditional cutting board is used up, scrub it with a hard brush and clean water to wash off the dirt together with the sawdust. If there is fishy smell of fish and meat, you can wash it with rice washing water or detergent dissolved in salt, and then wash it with warm water. Don't scald with boiling water, because the protein in the meat remains on the chopping board, which will solidify when heated, and it is not easy to clean. Stand up to dry after washing.

No matter what kind of cutting board it is, it should be cleaned in time after use and hung vertically in a ventilated place to dry. Don't stick it to the wall or lay it flat, otherwise the other side won't dry, which is easy to breed mold. When cleaning, you can scrub it with a hard brush dipped in detergent, then rinse it repeatedly with clear water, or scald it with boiling water, which can play a bactericidal role.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Cutting board (cushion on the dining table to prevent the board of the dining table from being damaged when cutting vegetables)