Posted on 04/07/2018 4:13:46 AM PDT by calvincaspian
I have seen shoppers bring cloth bags for their groceries that are down right gross. Raw meat juices especially from poultry inevitably leak into the bag and unless washed after every use could easily contaminate other food. Some of the reusable bags being sold in stores also would not stand up to washing. Old fashioned brown paper bags can be recycled, but the energy cost to make and recycle them is high.
“Chlorine is indeed THE best sanitizing agent, especially for drinking water...but it is FAR from being natural”
My bad... sort of:
[Search results] “Chlorine is in group 17 of periodic table, also called the halogens, and is not found as the element in nature - only as a compound. The most common of these being salt, or sodium chloride, and the potassium compounds sylvite (or potassium chloride) and carnallite (potassium magnesium chloride hexahydrate).”
I was thinking element.
And you were right...."elemental" chlorine IS a great sanitizing agent. It's just that the elemental form doesn't exist in nature (other than in volcanic gases). And as a chemist I tend to be a bit anal about chemical fine points.
“You mean the Lefties bathe??”
Some do... but there is always patchouli oil for those especially stinky days.
Natural gas is an offshoot of OIL....simply a gaseous hydrocarbon...
In Cal the ban was sold on a lie. The bags were called “single use.” i sued most bags 3-4 times and some more.
Now would pay 10 cents and get thicker bag which is less biodegradable. A TAX fee on food shoppers
The Suffolk County nickel stays with the store. The county medicated that the tax be charged for the bag, but there’s no proviso with what to do with the money. So it just goes into the store’s bank account.
YAY Government!
The shopping bags were replaced by paper which has handles that break off. Many complaints later and the paper bags are back but much thicker. The stores charge .10 cents each and kick back some to the democrat party.
and the plastic bags are back but much thicker.....
Leftists contradict themselves so constantly, they are not worth listening to at all.
See signs about massive fines for littering but have never seen or even heard of anyone getting a ticket for littering.
As for me, I use plastic bags to pack lunch, dispose of dog poop, and keep one handy in the car for trash.
No way.......that’s unbelievable.
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