Reusable Grocery Bags May Poison You

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Reusable Grocery Bags May Poison You | NBC Washington


Bags are just mobile bacteria farms

By SARA K. SMITH

Updated 11:38 PM EDT, Thu, May 21, 2009

Related Topics: Sara Smith | Environment and Plastics Industry Council | NBC Universal Inc. | Wonkette.com

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.What's in that bag? A loaf of bread, a head of lettuce ... and an extra generous helping of fecal coliform bacteria!

Oh you people, with your cheap little eco-friendly grocery bags, smiling smugly at the shameful people exiting the supermarket with paper and plastic single-use bags! Did you know that your reusable bags are crawling with disease, bacteria and hideous little creepies that may poison you?

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Swab-testing by two independent laboratories found unacceptably high levels of bacteria, yeast, mold and coliform counts in the reusable bags.

Ugh, gross. It turns out that hippie grocery bags are no less filthy than the hippie foods that people put into them. And what you end up with is a wet, dirty pocket of disease that you proudly tote your uncooked meats in. You might as well cart your food around in a toilet.

So what can you do to avoid food poisoning from your reusable grocery bags? Number one and most obviously, you can stop using these ridiculous things and go back to using good ol' plastic bags, which have never harmed anyone physically -- if you disregard the people who put them over their heads. In fact, it was the blameless, public health-minded humanitarians at the Environment and Plastics Industry Council who commissioned the study.

Alas, more and more Americans, and even Canadians, have fallen under the sway of reusable grocery bags. From North Carolina to Connecticut, local governments are looking for ways to encourage citizens to drop their plastic bags. This is a terrible tragedy, because without plastic bags we would not have recycling, and recycling is such a great thing for the environment!

If you insist on continuing your love affair with swampy old reusable bags crawling with fecal matter and lettuce mites, just be sure to toss them in the wash with about a gallon of bleach after every use. Do the same with your produce, dairy selections and deli fixins. Safety first!

Food safety expert Sara K. Smith writes for NBC and Wonkette.

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Oh no! I am one of those people trying to save the environment with my cloth bags! :Ohno:
 
I use those plastic shopping bags for HUGE fecal matter gifts we get once in a while. We don't want those gifts but we toss them out in the garbage! Indian giver anyone? :giggle:
 
Babyblue said:
Simple. Wash them regularly.
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Someone said that that would defeat the purpose of going green by increasing our laundry load and using up more water. Cant win, heh?
 
shel90 said:
Someone said that that would defeat the purpose of going green by increasing our laundry load and using up more water. Cant win, heh?
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I throw them in a load with clothes. Gotta have clean clothes so... a couple of bags at a time with a load, will not actually make it less green.

Just my opinion. If one truly wants to be green. Need to not drive, wash clothes, dishes, etc...

Live like cave men and women. Even then they killed trees, and learned how to make fire. etc.
 
Babyblue said:
I throw them in a load with clothes. Gotta have clean clothes so... a couple of bags at a time with a load, will not actually make it less green.

Just my opinion. If one truly wants to be green. Need to not drive, wash clothes, dishes, etc...

Live like cave men and women. Even then they killed trees, and learned how to make fire. etc.
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Yea, I know, just funny how some people would come up with reasons to bash those who are trying to go green.
 
shel90 said:
:laugh2:

Yea, I know, just funny how some people would come up with reasons to bash those who are trying to go green.
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I know. Someone has told me in the past. That humans are parasites of the earth. Sucking it dry!

:lol:

Its the truth!
 
fecal matters??? from what? In that case, I better grow my own food!!!

Edit: If it is from food then it is from all that handling, the one-time-use bags do have fecal matters then.
 
Buffalo said:
fecal matters??? from what? In that case, I better grow my own food!!!

Edit: If it is from food then it is from all that handling, the one-time-use bags do have fecal matters then.
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Grow your own food. Fecal matter will still be there. It is all in the soil and from animals using the garden as a restroom. A bird can fly by. Or a bug can leave droppings.

You will be surprised on how many foods have fecal matter in it.

That is why it is important to wash your veggies before you prepare it.

The E Coli in the many foods that have been recalled is from that very thing! Fecal matter!
 
Babyblue said:
Grow your own food. Fecal matter will still be there. It is all in the soil and from animals using the garden as a restroom. A bird can fly by. Or a bug can leave droppings.

You will be surprised on how many foods have fecal matter in it.

That is why it is important to wash your veggies before you prepare it.

The E Coli in the many foods that have been recalled is from that very thing! Fecal matter!
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Not if I grow them in a sort of a greenhouse. :)
 
I'm not surprised about this.

I always knew there was a downside to using those re-usable bags.

I've always used those plastic bags from the stores. When I get home, I always put them in a bag and re-use them later for things like trash, etc. For instance, if I'm doing a quick clean-up around the house... I just grab a bag. Now, I have a small bag that I can easily carry around while picking up trash and junk around the house. Even works when cleaning out the car. Better than dragging around full-sized trashcan.

Oh, dog poop? Works on that too!

Go boating? Keep a few in the boat to clean up after you're done with the boat.

Even those plastic store bags can be re-used! :)

Re-usable bags that you buy? Well, you're wasting money by buying them in the first place. Then you waste water to wash them. They collect dust when you're not using them... increasing risk of bacteria. Et cetra. :roll:
 
Not surprised, I'm still use plastic bags.
 
VamPyroX said:
I'm not surprised about this.

I always knew there was a downside to using those re-usable bags.

I've always used those plastic bags from the stores. When I get home, I always put them in a bag and re-use them later for things like trash, etc. For instance, if I'm doing a quick clean-up around the house... I just grab a bag. Now, I have a small bag that I can easily carry around while picking up trash and junk around the house. Even works when cleaning out the car. Better than dragging around full-sized trashcan.

Oh, dog poop? Works on that too!

Go boating? Keep a few in the boat to clean up after you're done with the boat.

Even those plastic store bags can be re-used! :)

Re-usable bags that you buy? Well, you're wasting money by buying them in the first place. Then you waste water to wash them. They collect dust when you're not using them... increasing risk of bacteria. Et cetra. :roll:
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Your post just made me think.

What do the "Green folks" use for garbage bags.
 
I've seen a lot of reusable grocery bags that are sold across at various stores. Some of them are sold for a cheap price at $1 or so. You know, it's funny because I thought to myself, If I were to buy these reusable grocery bags, How often will I use it? I mean, How often will I be carrying that bag in the car all the time just because I'd be stopping at the grocery store at the last minute?

I've always used the plastic bags just about for anything. It is great for wrapping things up when you pack up and move, for a change of clothes or anything else.

Apparently, there's no win in this situation with both plastic and reusable grocery bags, heh.
 
Babyblue said:
Your post just made me think.

What do the "Green folks" use for garbage bags.
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They probably just let trash pile up in their houses so that they don't trash the environment outside. ;)
 
Jolie77 said:
I've seen a lot of reusable grocery bags that are sold across at various stores. Some of them are sold for a cheap price at $1 or so. You know, it's funny because I thought to myself, If I were to buy these reusable grocery bags, How often will I use it? I mean, How often will I be carrying that bag in the car all the time just because I'd be stopping at the grocery store at the last minute?

I've always used the plastic bags just about for anything. It is great for wrapping things up when you pack up and move, for a change of clothes or anything else.

Apparently, there's no win in this situation with both plastic and reusable grocery bags, heh.
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That's true.

Some people keep those bags in their cars for weeks or months at a time depending on how often they shop. Imagine how much bacteria builds up on these things while they're sitting in the car. On a rainy day, they get moist. On a hot day, they get dry. On a muddy day, they get dirty. Nothing is 100% perfect.
 
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