I’ve chucked away all my plastic chopping boards

nanna8

After hearing some reports about tiny pieces of plastic getting into the body and possibly clogging arteries,especially from these cutting boards, I have thrown them all out and reverted to wood and marble ones. Quite likely an overreaction on my part but we have a lot of heart issues in our families so I didn’t want to tempt fate! I don’t usually react at all to these sort of reports but this one kind of gelled. Maybe I am going daft.
Do you follow any of these sort of reports ? I am also looking at yoghurt more, it is supposed to keep you young !

obviously you won't want to buy yoghurt in plastic pots, or water bottles, milk, plastic wrapped cheese/fruit; no more fleece clothes, plastic paints in home, hair spray...... ditch that hair brush too. ..

Stress is bad for your heart too.

FriedGreenTomatoes2

The ubiquitous plastic. No getting away from them now, the horse has bolted. Setting up liquid meds today for Himself in disposable plastic syringes - used all the time on the ward. No getting away from plastics now. I think the world couldn’t function without them now.

Same here. My son is still on nasal feeding tube and has to flush it all through all the time. He has had to throw out dozens of plastic pipes and big syringes over the past few months.

As everyone says, the horse has bolted 😂

I couldn't find it in myself to get worked up over something like that...

Slung mine out years ago. I use bamboo and glass. Mostly use glass containers now. Have heard that glass bottles of food and drinks can contain more plastics than the plastic ones! Think it was something to do with the lids and paints? Boiled and filtered water also meant to be better. Ive not used a tumble dryer since the late 90s when the one my mum bought me broke. These plastics are everywhere,in the soil, air, water, food containers, I guess all we can do is mitigate our exposure as much as possible.

Allira

My chopping boards are all wood and bamboo.

Studies have shown that wood has anti-bacterial and anti-fungal properties.
They get scrubbed after use.

I do the same. I also chuck them om the elog burner every year or so and replace them. \i do the same with wooden implements.

😱 I have been using a 40+ year old thick wooden board about 6 times a year for slicing meat/roasts. The edges have split but I scrub and bleach it on both sides after every use. The 14 I had for dinner a few days ago haven’t been ill. I do have plastic cutting boards but rarely use them, this is because I have always had the habit of cutting vegetables and fruit, while they are in my hands.

CariadAgain

I replaced mine with wooden ones years back.

But I'm aware others are still polluting me with their plastic - plastic in our air, plastic in our water and those darn manufacturers putting everything in plastic containers (rather than proper ones). I've found things have got so bad re things having been put in plastic containers that I can't even find "posh" water in glass bottles any more (though I think there are one or two moral manufacturers out there still - but all I can find here is all water in plastic containers - even the better brands).

So I work on the basis of doing what I can personally - whilst getting steadily more and more depressed about what so many others are getting up to...

I think that’s all we can do, our bit.

Yes, do our bit.

mokryna

😱 I have been using a 40+ year old thick wooden board about 6 times a year for slicing meat/roasts. The edges have split but I scrub and bleach it on both sides after every use. The 14 I had for dinner a few days ago haven’t been ill. I do have plastic cutting boards but rarely use them, this is because I have always had the habit of cutting vegetables and fruit, while they are in my hands.

My wooden and bamboo boards are years old. All well scrubbed after use.
One was even inherited from DM, it was her pastry board. It was fine for many years until DH put it on the hob, not realising the gas burner was lit. 🙄

The boards are for specific purposes; bread, vegetables, raw meat etc and should not be mixed up.
Are you listening DH?

Allira

My chopping boards are all wood and bamboo.

Studies have shown that wood has anti-bacterial and anti-fungal properties.
They get scrubbed after use.

So are mine.
I think the ship has sailed tho where micro plastics are concerned as they’re in everything now.

Oreo

Allira

My chopping boards are all wood and bamboo.

Studies have shown that wood has anti-bacterial and anti-fungal properties.
They get scrubbed after use.

So are mine.
I think the ship has sailed tho where micro plastics are concerned as they’re in everything now.

Yes, the seas are full of them, not just from solid objects but from fibres washed down the drains too.

nanna8

After hearing some reports about tiny pieces of plastic getting into the body and possibly clogging arteries,especially from these cutting boards, I have thrown them all out and reverted to wood and marble ones. Quite likely an overreaction on my part but we have a lot of heart issues in our families so I didn’t want to tempt fate! I don’t usually react at all to these sort of reports but this one kind of gelled. Maybe I am going daft.
Do you follow any of these sort of reports ? I am also looking at yoghurt more, it is supposed to keep you young !

Plastic chopping boards are awful, stick to wood, deep clean with salt.

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Only buy BPA-free products. Especially for children - including kettles.

I recommend the Ottoni Fabbrica - lots of kettles look plastic free but the boiling water usually travels out of the sprout via a plastic filter. The Ottoni is 100% plastic free.

I bought mine from Amazon and it is amazing. Despatched from Italy with a UK 3-pin plug included.
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We recently threw away all wood and plastic chopping boards. All the gashes in them - we have most likely eaten them. We now have titanium chopping boards. If they blunt the knives we’ll sharpen them.

No I don't...a bit extreme I think to throw everything away! Your choice though....

If buying bamboo check it's formeldhyde free.

I remember in the 1980s professional chefs being told to discard all equipment made of wood due, to later disproven, health risks.

Where is all the discarded plastic boards ending up, is it recyclable, or will it lie in land fill festering away, leaking into the environment for centuries. If it is recyclable isn't that just reforming one plastic problem into another.

I stopped using plastic boards years ago. I have glass now. And wood. So.much easier to clean.

All my plastic chopping boards were chucked out years ago……..nasty, germ harbouring things! I only use toughened glass now.

This is all getting too much for me, it really is. I have lived long enough for everyone to change their minds. Local butchers closed down as they had wooden tables! For heavens sake, no on died because they bought from local butchers, go abroad and the butchers still use wooden tables! I will not have an electric car, too many tales about charging etc, plus I can't charge it at home. My friends electric car failed in the middle lane, caused a huge shut down of the motorway! We have been lucky with our wall and loft insulation, we must have dealt with a reputable firm. I need to travel further than an electric car can go with out a recharge.... I feel we are being persuaded to go along with the government thoughts on this. I would like them to travel where I would travel and get there within one day.

If buying bamboo check it's formeldhyde free.
Too late!

This is all getting too much for me, it really is.
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Plastic chopping boards are hellishly difficult to clean especially white ones.
I just loath those plastic ties (kimbles) that attach prices to items. Work of the 😈

I save all the soft plastics from fruit bags, lids etc and am shocked by how much I collect - I do take it all back to the supermarket where most of it comes from.

If you ever eat fish you will most certainly be ingesting micro plastics. It’s a loosing battle, the Oceans are awash with microplastics.