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4:10 PM Ask Address How to seal your granite countertops By Rob Robillard Globe Correspondent,January 4, 2015, 12:00 a.m.

My wife likes to seal our granite countertops, but I am worried about chemicals leaching into our food. I make bread and I often knead the dough on the granite countertop.