Reusable Grocery Bags May Poison You

**shel90** · 05-31-2009, 02:33 PM

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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**Bottesini** · 05-31-2009, 02:35 PM

Oh no! I am one of those people trying to save the environment with my cloth bags!

**shel90** · 05-31-2009, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Bottesini

Oh no! I am one of those people trying to save the environment with my cloth bags!

Me too! My bags do not smell....yet!

Mrs Bucket · 05-31-2009, 02:39 PM

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?

Babyblue · 05-31-2009, 03:24 PM

Simple. Wash them regularly.

**shel90** · 05-31-2009, 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Babyblue

Simple. Wash them regularly.

Someone said that that would defeat the purpose of going green by increasing our laundry load and using up more water. Cant win, heh?

Babyblue · 05-31-2009, 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by shel90

Someone said that that would defeat the purpose of going green by increasing our laundry load and using up more water. Cant win, heh?

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.

**shel90** · 05-31-2009, 03:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Babyblue

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.

Yea, I know, just funny how some people would come up with reasons to bash those who are trying to go green.

Babyblue · 05-31-2009, 03:43 PM

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Originally Posted by shel90

Yea, I know, just funny how some people would come up with reasons to bash those who are trying to go green.

I know. Someone has told me in the past. That humans are parasites of the earth. Sucking it dry!

Its the truth!

Buffalo · 05-31-2009, 04:31 PM

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.

Babyblue · 05-31-2009, 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Buffalo

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.

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!

Buffalo · 05-31-2009, 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Babyblue

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!

Not if I grow them in a sort of a greenhouse.

***VamPyroX*** · 05-31-2009, 05:02 PM

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.

**Foxrac** · 05-31-2009, 05:09 PM

Not surprised, I'm still use plastic bags.

Babyblue · 05-31-2009, 05:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by VamPyroX

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.

Your post just made me think.

What do the "Green folks" use for garbage bags.

**Jolie77** · 05-31-2009, 05:28 PM

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.

***VamPyroX*** · 05-31-2009, 11:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Babyblue

Your post just made me think.

What do the "Green folks" use for garbage bags.

They probably just let trash pile up in their houses so that they don't trash the environment outside.

***VamPyroX*** · 05-31-2009, 11:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jolie77

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.

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.

Grummer · 06-01-2009, 05:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Babyblue

I know. Someone has told me in the past. That humans are parasites of the earth. Sucking it dry!

Its the truth!

no shit, care to consider voluntary suicide?

Grummer · 06-01-2009, 05:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by VamPyroX

They probably just let trash pile up in their houses so that they don't trash the environment outside.

yup , not only a case of catch-22, but we have a new breed of hypocrites too

JamieLynn · 06-01-2009, 06:10 AM

I clean them everytime I've done my grocery shopping

**Cheri** · 06-01-2009, 06:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Bottesini

Oh no! I am one of those people trying to save the environment with my cloth bags!

Me too, I got a lot of those.

**shel90** · 06-01-2009, 06:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by VamPyroX

They probably just let trash pile up in their houses so that they don't trash the environment outside.

Or they turn their trash into homemade compost. Now, wouldn't that be cool if every house has a compost bin?

Grummer · 06-01-2009, 06:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shel90

Or they turn their trash into homemade compost. Now, wouldn't that be cool if every house has a compost bin?

thats easy to make, just a bit of time and think through where to have it is more crucial

**Liebling:-)))** · 06-01-2009, 01:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JamieLynn

I clean them everytime I've done my grocery shopping

Ditto

**Liebling:-)))** · 06-01-2009, 01:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shel90

Someone said that that would defeat the purpose of going green by increasing our laundry load and using up more water. Cant win, heh?

If someone say so but why they can´t say the same about clothes, underwear?

I don´t mind to add reusable bags with dirty clothes into wash machine. Reusable bags are only small thing to compare with load of dirty clothes...

**Liebling:-)))** · 06-01-2009, 01:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Babyblue

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.

Yeah

jillio · 06-01-2009, 01:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Babyblue

Your post just made me think.

What do the "Green folks" use for garbage bags.

They compost and recycle.

**Liebling:-)))** · 06-01-2009, 02:03 PM

Say No To Plastic Bags!

Where do you put the empty glasses Bottle?

Are you environment-friendly?

**Liebling:-)))** · 06-01-2009, 02:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jillio

They compost and recycle.

Actually except dirty foods and things, cooking foods, baby naiper.

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shel90 Let It Snow!!!! Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: A place where crabs are popular Posts: 40,294 Blog Entries: 3	Reusable Grocery Bags May Poison You 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 45 Comments Post a Comment Print Email Share ShareDel.icio.usBuzz up!MySpaceDigg FarkFacebookBuzz up! .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? Green Celebrities View SlideshowCheck out these celebrities who try to keep the environment clean by going green. It's true! A new study proves it! 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. Copyright NBC Local Media __________________ "Wine improves with age. The older I get, the better I like it." --- Anonymous

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*VamPyroX* bloody phreak from hell Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: 40.18, 58.41 Posts: 34,140	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. __________________ Check out my city... C L I C K H E R E! (If you've already visited yesterday, visit again today!)

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