Bacteria Rampet in Reusable Grocery Bags : Oh No!

Now this will cause the progressive liberal socialists Democrats to pull out there hair, out especially in California. This is just one more managed liberal 'hair on fire' demand gone into the ash heap where all the rest of their lunatic ideas eventually wind up as they were just 'feel good' fabrications to begin with.

Will the nut jobs on the left revisit their demands to get rid of all plastic bags, that upon investigation have shown to cause less environmental damage then cloth bags? Not a chance! What this is all about is agenda, facts mean nothing and never will.


Grocery Bag Bans and Foodborne Illness
January 17, 2013
Source: Joshua D. Wright and Jonathan Klick, "Grocery Bag Bans and Foodborne Illness," Social Science Research Network, November 2, 2012.

Recently, many jurisdictions have implemented bans or imposed taxes upon plastic grocery bags on environmental grounds, say Jonathan Klick of the University of Pennsylvania Law School and Joshua D. Wright of the George Mason University School of Law.

There is evidence, however, that reusable grocery bags, a common substitute for plastic bags, contain potentially harmful bacteria. Wright and Klick examine emergency room admissions related to these bacteria in the wake of San Francisco's 2007 countywide ban covering large grocery stores and drug stores. San Francisco extended this ban to all retail establishments in early 2012.

• They find that emergency room visits spiked when the ban went into effect.
• Relative to other counties, emergency room admissions increase by at least one-fourth and deaths exhibit a similar increase.