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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So true Joanne. Also, new paper bags, in grocery stores were phased out as the norm and are given if a customer asks for them, because they carry roaches and roach eggs home.
From a total minimum damage to the environment, disposable plastic bags are actually the best. Less energy needed to produce than paper, more sanitary, and occupy much less volume in landfills.
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***Marchetta could not find anyone who regularly cleaned their reusable bags. ***
What is so hard about it? A little soap and bleach in the washing machine.
Besides, Walmart blue bags only cost 50 cents! I’d pay that just to make sure I didn’t loose my load half way to my car!
***My suggestion is to use iron pots for carrying groceries. ***
OLD ROY woven bags work wonders for hauling groceries! Uh, after the dog is finished with them!
I used to explain this every time I went to Whole Paycheck but got either blank stares or hostile retorts so I stopped. Now I only buy dog bones there.
uuuuuuuuuu yuk
for some reason cats love those bags. my cast as a rule do not mess outside the litterbox....except when i bring one of those bags home. we use the plastic ones now.
That’s why you wash fruits and vegetables before you eat them, and everything else comes in packages.
Jeez Louise, more panic mongering from the MSM.
haha. I love this.
"We're talking in the million range of bacteria," she said. ..............
NSJ... maybe people will start wising up. Today cloth grocery bags, tomorrow obama
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