Posted on 09/27/2010 2:05:03 PM PDT by george76
Marchetta could not find anyone who regularly cleaned their reusable bags.
Marchetta brought the lab results to Dr. Michelle Barron, the infectious disease expert at the University of Colorado Hospital.
"Wow. Wow. That is pretty impressive," said Barron.
Barron examines lab results for a living.
"Oh my goodness! This is definitely the highest count," Barron commented while looking at the bacteria count numbers.
She admitted she was shocked at what was found at the bottom of the bags.
"We're talking in the million range of bacteria," she said.
Marchetta used swabs provided by a local lab to test several grocery bags for bacteria, mold and yeast.
It is not only gross, but also painful if you get sick.
"You can have a terrible diarrhea, stomach ache, vomiting. Not a fun thing to have," said Barron.
To demonstrate the risk, Marchetta dusted grocery bags with a substance that glows in the dark to see how harmful germs can travel.
With the lights off, it was clear the Glo-Germ had not only stuck to our groceries, it was also on Marchetta’s hands, the counter top, and in the cupboard and refrigerator.
“They like porous surfaces and live longer on plastic,” said Barron, about the bacteria.
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Going green takes on it’s real meaning.....
Every time one uses them? Think of all the items that can leak, and think of where many of them may have been, such as the floor.
I limit it to 50. And if they are used to hold raw meat I like to rinse them out every 25 cycles.
If you keep them in the fridge you don’t even need to rinse them out.
Seriously, these idiots are truly in their own little worlds and are all about “feeling good” about something.
can’t wait to send this to my twirpy little lib nephew and his wife! They’ll come up with something like...”it’s better to risk our health that to risk our planet”.
Yep, “Earth First”.
How in the world did we ever get out of the cave?
So the greenies are contaminating the checker, the bagger and later customers. Could workers’ compensation claims and lawsuits be far behind?
Why only mild?
Selfish as I am, I double bag (paper bag inside a plastic bag) all my groceries. When our monthly grocery bill started rivaling the mortgage payment, I decided that I was tired of having to choose between flimsy plastic (with handles) or sturdy paper (no handles).
My suggestion is to use iron pots for carrying groceries. YOu can reuse them over and over and over again and wash them over and over again. And you will have great muscle tone in your arms after carrying all your groceries in iron pots. Or you will purchase less groceries so you don’t have to carry so much.
This makes me think of my children and their backpacks. I bet those things are disgusting and would kill the person who did this study. Really. My teenaged sons put all kinds of things in their backpacks and then forget about it. And then there are the mischievous friends who pour bottles of perfume in said backpacks. We washed one backpack at least 15 times and left it outside to “air” after the 15th attempt at removing the smell. We used vinegar and simple green and whatever else to get rid of the stench. It never came out. It’s that wonderful petroleum fabric that keeps smells in and germs in and whatever else. blech
I wonder if these people tried washing thier bags, or thier food!
Those are the worst kind. Haven't you seen that green stuff growing on the bread after several months in a desk drawer?
The white stuff is OK though! take it with you to the doctor when you become ill and he will give you a discount. on your next order for penicillin.
I took my green 1 dollar grocery bags and put them in her washer. They came out okay and didn’t shrink or wrinkle, so you can wash them in the washer. However, for some reason, the bigger, canvas bags shrink like crazy.
So charging people for the bags isn’t working.
So now it’s a ‘health risk’...blah, blah ,blah
You are truly out to destroy the planet aren't you?
I prefer the old paper bags, the ones they have nowadays are very thin and weak.
Back in the day many food containers were reusable. For example glass soda and milk bottles were routinely returned to their suppliers cleaned after a fashion and refilled. When I was a kid it was not unheard of for people to find insect fragments or even an occasional mouse in soda bottles. My Mother worked in a local dairy when she was in high school and washed milk bottles. After finding the bottles used for everything from urinals to kerosene storage she never would allow bottled milk in our house. We drank powdered milk until milk became available in sealed paper containers. It is ironic that the rise of disposable containers was pushed as a public health issue.
Besides the germs that it wouldn’t take anyone with any sense 15 seconds to figure out, it slows the lines down as the fussy ladies put their bags on the counter and arrange the groceries just so-so in order to fit all their groceries in the few bags they have. The store has to lose productivity and I’m behind them getting so POed!
They are also the kind who spend 3 minutes searching in the bottom of their purse for a nickel holding up the line even longer.
Duhhh!! These fools never saw that coming, idiots.
Now there, Mr. Susstien, are you Honer Simpsons!
Duhhh!! These fools never saw that coming, idiots.
Now there, Mr. Susstien, are you Homer Simpsons!
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