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Another major problem is that bag bans have been found in studies to result in bacteriological infection spikes. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/plastic-bag-ban
by chasil 3y ago
Another major problem is that bag bans have been found in studies to result in bacteriological infection spikes.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/plastic-bag-ban_n_2641430 https://www.huffpost.com/entry/plastic-bag-ban_n_2641430
For myself, I (re)use these as trash bags, so I hope the ban never reaches my community. My grocery store also has a used bag deposit.
- littlestymaar 3y ago> authors received monetary support from the American Chemistry Council, a trade group representing the interests of plastic bag manufacturers. End of the joke.
- chasil 3y agoThe joke could be on you. https://www.health.ny.gov/publications/2827/ https://www.health.ny.gov/publications/2827/
- littlestymaar 3y agoDo you really clean your fridge weekly according to official recommendations? Would you recommend to stop using fridges since listeria can proliferate in fridges that aren't regularly cleaned and people don't wash their fridge often enough to be safe? Then why do you bring this kind of recommendation as an argument against reusable bags?
- chasil 3y agoI'm not recommending for unusable bags. What I'm saying is that the risk profile is transferred.
- littlestymaar 3y ago> What I'm saying is that the risk profile is transferred And I'm saying it's mostly BS made up by the plastic industry to muddy the water. On the one hand you have a real, significant risk to the environment. On the other hand, you have a “risk” that doesn't really exist unless your immune system is depressed and is the same order of magnitude of risk as “using a fridge like literally everyone does”. You are being manipulated by “Merchants of Doubt”, that's what happening here.