Comments on: Study Labels Reusable Bags as Possible Health Risk http://earth911.com/news/2009/06/01/study-labels-reusable-bags-as-possible-health-risk/ Make Everyday Earth Day Fri, 17 Jun 2011 19:41:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: vicki stiling http://earth911.com/news/2009/06/01/study-labels-reusable-bags-as-possible-health-risk/comment-page-1/#comment-30101 vicki stiling Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:00:09 +0000 http://earth911.com/?p=18573#comment-30101 If your 'reusable' bag is not made from cotton or canvas it is most like made from some sort of plastic polymer and made in Asia and shipped to the USA. Most of the Asian manufacturing companies use water based inks that release VOC's into the atmospere. I have washed bags made from Non Woven Polypopylene only to have the ink flake off in the machine and get all over my clothes. I have read a study that 40% of the reusable also contain lead and chormium which is banned in at leat 22 states - remember Mattel toys last year. Get a grip people use plastic bag or paper if you must and recycle! If your ‘reusable’ bag is not made from cotton or canvas it is most like made from some sort of plastic polymer and made in Asia and shipped to the USA. Most of the Asian manufacturing companies use water based inks that release VOC’s into the atmospere. I have washed bags made from Non Woven Polypopylene only to have the ink flake off in the machine and get all over my clothes. I have read a study that 40% of the reusable also contain lead and chormium which is banned in at leat 22 states – remember Mattel toys last year. Get a grip people use plastic bag or paper if you must and recycle!

]]> By: Liz http://earth911.com/news/2009/06/01/study-labels-reusable-bags-as-possible-health-risk/comment-page-1/#comment-29745 Liz Sat, 27 Jun 2009 19:54:09 +0000 http://earth911.com/?p=18573#comment-29745 I hope they didn't spend too much on that study. Common sense would tell you anything that touches raw meat is a concern. Since I have no desire to wash my bags every time I use them, I always ask for a paper bag for my meats. Seems like the lesser of two evils. I use reusable bags for everything else though. Another option is to mark one reusable bag for meats and make sure the bagger only puts meats in that one bag. (Good luck with that.) Other than meat I'm not that concerned about food residue left on my bags. Most everything is wrapped or packaged in some way. I save and reuse my plastic produce bags so very little food even comes in contact with the inside of my bags. Unless you're in the habit of buying rotten, smushy, leaky fruit, it seems a little germ-phobic to be concerned that your apples might touch a spot where your bananas were. I hope they didn’t spend too much on that study. Common sense would tell you anything that touches raw meat is a concern. Since I have no desire to wash my bags every time I use them, I always ask for a paper bag for my meats. Seems like the lesser of two evils. I use reusable bags for everything else though. Another option is to mark one reusable bag for meats and make sure the bagger only puts meats in that one bag. (Good luck with that.)

Other than meat I’m not that concerned about food residue left on my bags. Most everything is wrapped or packaged in some way. I save and reuse my plastic produce bags so very little food even comes in contact with the inside of my bags. Unless you’re in the habit of buying rotten, smushy, leaky fruit, it seems a little germ-phobic to be concerned that your apples might touch a spot where your bananas were.

]]> By: Di http://earth911.com/news/2009/06/01/study-labels-reusable-bags-as-possible-health-risk/comment-page-1/#comment-29323 Di Sun, 14 Jun 2009 17:00:40 +0000 http://earth911.com/?p=18573#comment-29323 No creo que esté de más lavar las bolsas de tela es la única solución, mejor que usar toneladas de bolsas de plástico. No creo que esté de más lavar las bolsas de tela es la única solución, mejor que usar toneladas de bolsas de plástico.

]]> By: Phil http://earth911.com/news/2009/06/01/study-labels-reusable-bags-as-possible-health-risk/comment-page-1/#comment-29230 Phil Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:07:24 +0000 http://earth911.com/?p=18573#comment-29230 I think that this study should also be done by a company that makes reusable shopping bags... I think the out come will be slightly different. Even so, the benefits and costs of using these bags most likely still out weigh the same for plastic bags. I know it is common for meats to leak and milk always seems to be a little nasty on a warm day, but like others have said wash your bag! I don't use these reusable bags but I use the plastic bags I get as trash bags in my bedroom. If everyone does a little something to help the environment we will some day make a difference if it has not already been felt. I think that this study should also be done by a company that makes reusable shopping bags… I think the out come will be slightly different. Even so, the benefits and costs of using these bags most likely still out weigh the same for plastic bags. I know it is common for meats to leak and milk always seems to be a little nasty on a warm day, but like others have said wash your bag! I don’t use these reusable bags but I use the plastic bags I get as trash bags in my bedroom. If everyone does a little something to help the environment we will some day make a difference if it has not already been felt.

]]> By: Susan http://earth911.com/news/2009/06/01/study-labels-reusable-bags-as-possible-health-risk/comment-page-1/#comment-29010 Susan Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:08:22 +0000 http://earth911.com/?p=18573#comment-29010 Well... if you wash the reusable bags frequently, that should take care of the problem. I always wash my bags from Green Chic Bag Company after I use them for produce and/or meats. Most food is packaged and you should always wash your produce before eating. http://www.GreenChicBagCo.com Well… if you wash the reusable bags frequently, that should take care of the problem. I always wash my bags from Green Chic Bag Company after I use them for produce and/or meats. Most food is packaged and you should always wash your produce before eating.
http://www.GreenChicBagCo.com

]]> By: bernie masters http://earth911.com/news/2009/06/01/study-labels-reusable-bags-as-possible-health-risk/comment-page-1/#comment-28904 bernie masters Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:08:47 +0000 http://earth911.com/?p=18573#comment-28904 Most of these reusable bags are made from plastic, so this study may not be an attempt to find reasons why the free disposable plastic bags against which the world has been campaigning over recent years should continue to be given away. This finding is not dissimilar to the situation facing people who collect rainwater for potable use as a way of being more ';sustainable': spend a heap of money on a product that makes little economic sense and face increased health risks. Most of these reusable bags are made from plastic, so this study may not be an attempt to find reasons why the free disposable plastic bags against which the world has been campaigning over recent years should continue to be given away. This finding is not dissimilar to the situation facing people who collect rainwater for potable use as a way of being more ‘;sustainable’: spend a heap of money on a product that makes little economic sense and face increased health risks.

]]> By: Athena http://earth911.com/news/2009/06/01/study-labels-reusable-bags-as-possible-health-risk/comment-page-1/#comment-28902 Athena Tue, 02 Jun 2009 21:52:00 +0000 http://earth911.com/?p=18573#comment-28902 Make or purchase your own cloth bags or reuse the paper bags. If you reuse paper bags they give you 6 cents every time you bring a bag back. Except for Walmart they give you nothing! Whole Foods does not use the plastic bags and Ikea charges you to take a bag. I just have gotten use to taking my own and if I forget I use the cart to get it to the car and then when I get home I bring the bags out to the car. We have to do what we can to save the earth and ourselves. Make or purchase your own cloth bags or reuse the paper bags. If you reuse paper bags they give you 6 cents every time you bring a bag back. Except for Walmart they give you nothing!

Whole Foods does not use the plastic bags and Ikea charges you to take a bag. I just have gotten use to taking my own and if I forget I use the cart to get it to the car and then when I get home I bring the bags out to the car.

We have to do what we can to save the earth and ourselves.

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]]> By: Paul http://earth911.com/news/2009/06/01/study-labels-reusable-bags-as-possible-health-risk/comment-page-1/#comment-28895 Paul Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:28:36 +0000 http://earth911.com/?p=18573#comment-28895 The contamination more than likely came from the food sitting in a filthy shopping cart, then after this exposure, being placed into the reusable bags. The contamination more than likely came from the food sitting in a filthy shopping cart, then after this exposure, being placed into the reusable bags.

]]> By: Sean Thomes http://earth911.com/news/2009/06/01/study-labels-reusable-bags-as-possible-health-risk/comment-page-1/#comment-28894 Sean Thomes Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:19:53 +0000 http://earth911.com/?p=18573#comment-28894 gosh, a study by a plastic bag trade association found reusable bags to be "hazardous" shocking, just shocking. gosh, a study by a plastic bag trade association found reusable bags to be “hazardous”

shocking, just shocking.

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