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You try to do the right thing you recycle your trash,bottes ugg, you drive less,nike sneakers, you proudly carry your reusable shopping bag like a badge of environmental honor. And then along comes a study that claims your reusable shopping bag might be a harbinger of deadly disease. But let's not panic just yet.
The Huffington Post reports that researchers from the University of Pennsylvania released a study that found "reusable grocery bags can contain potentially harmful bacteria such as E. coli." The study focused on San Francisco,herve leger, a city that banned plastic bags beginning in late 2007. It claims that a result of that ban,nike air, and a subsequent increase in the use of reusable bags,rayban, the city saw a dramatic spike in emergency room visits and deaths related to foodborne illnesses.
But those findings are already receiving criticism,canada goose outlet, most notably from Jennie R. In a statement on her site,oakley pas cher, she calls the University of Pennsylvania's findings "completely ridiculous and unfounded."
According to Romer,ralph lauren, UPenn's conclusions are based upon an erroneous time period,coach outlet store, one that actually precedes San Francisco's ban on plastic shopping bags. Researchers used medical records that spanned from mid to late 2007 but the ban didn't begin its first roll out until November of that year. And even then,marc jacobs, Romer reports that it only affected 50 supermarkets. San Francisco didn't enforce the ban city wide until 2012.
In addition,hermes, the activist said that "no significant increase in reusable bag use in San Francisco was recorded during that time period so this data would not be relevant in showing that reusable bags had anything to do with the increase [in foodborne illness.]"
What is accurate is that last year an outbreak of norovirus among an Oregon girls' soccer team was found to be connected to a contaminated reusable shopping bag. But epidemiologists from the Oregon Public Health Division and the Oregon Health Science University who traced the outbreak concluded that it could have easily been prevented by simply washing the bag. bags are no different than other food related accessories like cutting boards or utensils; they need to be washed consistently. Other methods of protection include keeping separate bags for meat and vegetables,oakley, and storing your reusable bags in your home,nike tn, instead of in the trunk of your car.
Protecting our health should be our number one priority,coach bags, but as of now,michael kors outlet online sale, there's little to suggest that we can't also protect the environment while we do it.
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