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To: i-node who wrote (804440)	8/30/2014 5:36:26 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1578927

>> I have had the same bags for 2 1/2 years and still going strong. I don't know how many times I have used them but its been way, way more than 51 times...........at least double that number. Its too bad the UK study got it so wrong. But for them to be safe you'd have to wash & dry them after each use or at least every second use. You think that has no environmental impact? And there is environmental cost with the original manufacture. Overall, the use of these cloth bags is doing more environmental damage than the plastics ever were. SMH. I wash them with the clothes every couple of months. They're very light weight.......no additional water is required. And before you come back and repeat your every second wash meme..........I don't put raw produce in the bag without being enclosed in a container first. No organic material touches the bag material. Why are you working so hard to make a mt out of a molehill? Milton Friedman once pointed out that government actions must be measured by their results, not by its intentions. I'm sure the idiots who made the law THOUGHT they were doing the best thing. But like so many government programs (Obamacare, for example), good intentions just don't cut it. You actually have to get good results. The real pity is that other governments refuse to see the facts and blindly follow suit. We are getting good results. The number of plastic bags floating in the Sound is dropping. Friends who boat regularly say its very noticeable. Its one less entrapment of animals that goes on in the oceans of this world. And trust me, these days, marine animals are needing more and more of this kind of help. And lets not forget........less plastic bags.........less precious oil used.