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Tenryo Embossed Hi-Soft Cutting Board
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Tenryo Embossed Hi-Soft Cutting Board
Caker
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Dec 20, 2018
Warning: The material used in this product "Vinyl acetate" is possibly carcinogenic to humans. It is classified as an extremely hazardous substance in the United States as defined in Section 302 of the U.S. Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act

https://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/search/a?dbs+hsdb:@term+@DOCNO+190

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ricerocket
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Dec 20, 2018
CakerIt should actually be polyvinyl acetate. Even for vinyl acetate: "There is no evidence that vinyl acetate causes cancer in humans. Vinyl acetate caused tumors in the noses of rats that breathed 600 ppm for 2 years. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has determined that vinyl acetate is possibly carcinogenic to humans (Group 2B)."
https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/phs/phs.asp?id=669&tid=124
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Caker
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Dec 20, 2018
ricerocketIve never heard of wood giving you Cancer. Werdo cuttingboard maybe
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ricerocket
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Dec 20, 2018
CakerNot sure what the concern is. Hi-Soft boards are not carcinogenic. They're used in 99.99% of restaurants throughout the world. Besides, what one uses to oil their wood board can be a concern too. I'm not one to enjoy having a crude-oil product touch my food, especially one thats typically used as laxative and may have potential long term effects. So then there's the nut/seed oils which have their own set of concerns.
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TotalSensoryOverload
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Dec 20, 2018
CakerFirst sentence in the link you posted: "Evaluation: There is inadequate evidence in humans for the carcinogenicity of vinyl acetate. There is limited evidence in experimental animals for the carcinogenicity of vinyl acetate." I'm no doctor, but I am a chemical engineer who has been in and out of plants dealing with vinyl acetate and polyvinyl chloride. They can be toxic in the liquid form dealt with in the plants, once they are fixed into the finished product however they are quite safe. *Edited for grammar*
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FriedShoe
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Dec 21, 2018
CakerThese boards are not made of vinyl acetate but rather polyvinyl acetate. VA is a precursor to PVA and PVA is a very common material mostly used as glue. In fact, most wood glues (including those to make many cutting boards) are primarily PVA. The massdrop description is wrong, or rather incomplete at best.
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