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Default Reusable grocery bags hazardous?

On Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:28:58 -0700, "Paul M. Cook" >
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>"brooklyn1" > wrote in message
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>> On Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:26:05 GMT, notbob > wrote:
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>>>On 2010-03-20, gloria.p > wrote:
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>>>> I just saw this in a newspaper:
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>>>> http://tinyurl.com/yg6alyk
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>>>> Any suggestions/solutions?
>>>
>>>When any good idea comes along, can the alarmists be far behind?
>>>
>>>Ummm...yeah. Using reusable grocery bags to store rotting road kill,
>>>then emptying them long enough to shop for bulk granola or fresh
>>>peaches, is probably not such a good idea. Like my late FIL used to
>>>say, "Gotta be smarter than the tool".

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>> Modern disposable shopping bags (paper and plastic) are "greener than
>> reusables".... disposables consume far less energy to manufacture, can
>> actually be reused many times and for many purposes, and are highly
>> biodegradable. Laundering bags creates far more pollution and
>> consumes far more energy than disposables.

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>Plastic does not biodegrade at all, they photodegrade and when they do they
>release toxic compounds. Plastics are made from oil.


Not true. "plastic" does not necessarilly mean petrochemical... I
strongly suggest you consult a dictionary... maybe you'd be so kind as
to share your dictionary with our low IQ resident mick... vocabulary
is obviously not his forte, I don't think he has a forte.