Saturday, July 3, 2010

Have you Washed your Reusable Shopping Bag?


According to researchers from the University of Arizona, reusing grocery bags over and over again without washing them poses a serious health risk.
Leaky milk cartons, drippy ground chicken packages, and the like can leave bacterial residue on your bags which is then passed to other foods and packages. It can make you sick.
Wash your bags often! Fabric bags can go into the washing machine (use hot water), and plastic bags can be thrown into a sink filled with hot soapy water. Sounds obvious, but it is one of those things that we end up forgetting!

Source: USA Today

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