WRAL reports here that reusable grocery bags could be hazardous to your health.
Researchers from Arizona and California found E. coli in 12 percent of
the bags they tested. One of the co-authors says the study suggests
reusable bags pose a “serious risk to public health.”
But wait a minute. Ben Chapman, a food safety assistant professor at NC State, says that if you want to be green, continue to use them. Just put your meat in plastic bags before you put it in your reusable bag and wash your reusable bags.
Wait a minute. Don’t use disposable plastic bags to carry your groceries home, but put your meat in a plastic bag before you put it in your reusable grocery bag? Don’t use a disposable plastic bag but waste water and energy to wash your reusable grocery bag in hot water to kill the E. coli?
Did I mistakenly tuned into an old episode of Twilight Zone or the WRAL news. Someone explain this to me!!
