Ramsey and Andrew take a look into the surprising science that helps make cooking as easy as can be. They explain the dangers that cooking with some of these materials can create and how to avoid it.

Articles Discussed:

• 1993 Nese O. AK, Cutting Boards of Plastic and Wood Contaminated Experimentality with Bacteria
• 2005 Annett Milling, Survival of bacteria on wood and plastic particles: Dependence on wood species and environmental conditions

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Materialism Team: Taylor Sparks (co-creator), Ramsey Issa (co-host, production, editing assistance), Andrew Falkowski (co-creator, co-host, production), Jared Duffy (production, marketing, and editing).

Keywords: cooking cook metals ceramics cookware chemicals materials science engineering plastic wood knife pan pot

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