Heavy Metal
Sunday, September 25th, 2011
Re-usable Shopping Bags Could Possibly Be Harmful To Keep Around
The customer advocacy group Customer Freedom has released a new report about re-usable purchasing bags. Re-usable purchasing bags are a significant risk, according to the report. Some cities are banning single-use plastic bags. That makes the danger of lead in re-usable bags especially bad.
Re-usable buying bags with lead
Customer Freedom started to collect re-usable purchasing bags that retail locations sold. This happened in Dec. 2010 too. The majority of collected bags were made of polypropylene, a plastic material generally produced in China. All of the bags were sent to a testing laboratory in Seattle. This is Frontier Global Sciences. The lab found that about 36 percent of stores were selling bags with a lead content of more than the 100 parts per million limits for heavy metals in packaging.
Reasons lead ought to be avoided
Most of the time, heavy metal lead is found in the same place. The manufacturing process has it. You will find many groups that make sure the amount of lead in drinking water, packaging and products is limited. These contain States, Environmental Protection Agency and the Customer Product Safety Commission. Fatigue, irritability, insomnia, low attention span, increased blood pressure, anemia, listening to loss and many other things could be caused by the lead. The lead in a plastic reusable buying bag isn’t likely to leach into food, but long-term exposure is possible.
Consumer Freedom Report leads to recalls
After the release of the Consumer Freedom report, CVS instituted a recall of their polypropylene purchasing bags. Several national chains, for instance Safeway, Walgreens, Bloom, Piggly Wiggly and others nevertheless carry the bags. The claims of lead-filled bags have to be investigated by each state. This is the only way a recall can be forced. It should not be too hard to keep away from lead exposure from these bags. Just make or purchase cloth bags instead of plastic.
Information from
EPA
epa.gov/superfund/lead/health.htm#Fed%20Recs
USA Today
content.usatoday.com/communities/greenhouse/post/2011/01/buying-lead-free-reusable-shopping-bags/1?csp=34
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