Comments on: Can Reusable Grocery Bags Make You Sick? http://www.goinggreengradually.com/can-reusable-grocery-bags-make-you-sick/ The Slow Journey to Reduce my Carbon Footprint Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:22:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: admin http://www.goinggreengradually.com/can-reusable-grocery-bags-make-you-sick/comment-page-1/#comment-59 admin Sun, 30 Aug 2009 23:15:09 +0000 http://www.goinggreengradually.com/?p=21#comment-59 My bags stay in the trunk of my car and are only used for groceries. I don't wash them out with bleach each time. I think that's going a bit far. As for chemicals getting mixed up, I suppose that small amounts of dish soap, cat litter, etc must come in contact with each other in grocery carts and other areas of the store. When something spills, it needs to be cleaned up. There must be some middle ground. We should be able to clean up when there's a need (or maybe proactively) without using disposable everything. As far as working with other people's bags goes, I think you just have to wash your hands frequently. There are a lot of jobs where you come into contact with less than sterile things, and they just wash their hands a lot. My bags stay in the trunk of my car and are only used for groceries. I don’t wash them out with bleach each time. I think that’s going a bit far.

As for chemicals getting mixed up, I suppose that small amounts of dish soap, cat litter, etc must come in contact with each other in grocery carts and other areas of the store. When something spills, it needs to be cleaned up.

There must be some middle ground. We should be able to clean up when there’s a need (or maybe proactively) without using disposable everything.

As far as working with other people’s bags goes, I think you just have to wash your hands frequently. There are a lot of jobs where you come into contact with less than sterile things, and they just wash their hands a lot.

]]> By: s. cooper http://www.goinggreengradually.com/can-reusable-grocery-bags-make-you-sick/comment-page-1/#comment-57 s. cooper Sun, 30 Aug 2009 17:20:14 +0000 http://www.goinggreengradually.com/?p=21#comment-57 to all the millions of people that think that using the bags are good. well i work as a cashier at walmart and any canvas, cotton etc.. are bad. people do not care what you put in the bags, i ask the customer if they want me to mix chemicals with any food they say fill it up i dont care. even like mixing a box of dish soap with meat. people make me sick when the bring in their bags full of dog or cat hair, i repeatable have a woman who brings in her urine infested cat bags, a man who brings in his grease covered white bags, us cashiers are not allowed to refuse the bags, their fore we get sick. people wake up your going to make the world sick, a new diease will spring out of these re-usable bags. i have asthma, and have been put in the hospital more than once because of these diease bags. who is going to pay for my bills? us as cashiers have seen mold, dirty diapers, blood, cat urine, grease, pet hair, pet dander, mouse tirds, dirt, human hair, toilet paper from runny noses, bandadeswith blood and puss. think people are you really helping the envoriment or are you going to cause the world a new dieases.? the bags need to be pure white and washed after every use with bleach or every customer needs to bag their own groceries so the cashier and other customers can stay healthy. to all the millions of people that think that using the bags are good. well i work as a cashier at walmart and any canvas, cotton etc.. are bad. people do not care what you put in the bags, i ask the customer if they want me to mix chemicals with any food they say fill it up i dont care. even like mixing a box of dish soap with meat. people make me sick when the bring in their bags full of dog or cat hair, i repeatable have a woman who brings in her urine infested cat bags, a man who brings in his grease covered white bags, us cashiers are not allowed to refuse the bags, their fore we get sick. people wake up your going to make the world sick, a new diease will spring out of these re-usable bags. i have asthma, and have been put in the hospital more than once because of these diease bags. who is going to pay for my bills? us as cashiers have seen mold, dirty diapers, blood, cat urine, grease, pet hair, pet dander, mouse tirds, dirt, human hair, toilet paper from runny noses, bandadeswith blood and puss. think people are you really helping the envoriment or are you going to cause the world a new dieases.? the bags need to be pure white and washed after every use with bleach or every customer needs to bag their own groceries so the cashier and other customers can stay healthy.

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