Death-spiral in action: The ACC is grasping at any-dang-thing to stop the tidal wave of bag bans sweeping the entire planet (we are having trouble keeping up in order to report them all in this blog). This month’s panic du jour brings us the news that [some] reusable shopping bags contain lead. Search deeply and single-mindedly enough and you may find trolls under bridges too. Expect a new study soon proving that reusable bags are now causing a resurgence in ACID RAIN!!! Time to bust out the tin-foil hats to protect ourselves.
Lead in reusable bags, eh? Maybe that’s how all of those people unlucky enough to have gone through life in the days before the life-saving single-use plastic shopping bags came along had died…they all got lead-poisoning - or ya think maybe it was old age? Oh, where is a spurious ACC “study” when you reeeeally need it?
Okay…back to reality. Whew - welcome back! This last item is a tad stale, but worth a mention in regards to the current LEAD-IN-BAGS scare… Last November it was reported that cash register receipts not only contain Bisphenol-A (BPA - you know, the sex-change chemical used in plastics to enhance pliability), but are AWASH in them…read about it here, and don’t forget to wear your gloves to the grocery store - it’s a dangerous place!