Many of us assume that if kitchen utensils are thoroughly cleaned, they are free from dirt. However, millions of microbes can hide from the human eye, making it practically impossible to eliminate them. One of the dirtiest items in the kitchen is the cutting board. The types of microbes that can inhabit a kitchen cutting board, according to the chemist Hlib Repich. How many microbes live on a kitchen cutting board The chemist conducted an experiment using three types of cutting boards: wooden, plastic, and stone. Each board was used extensively during food preparation, but before the investiga…