Reusable bags are not the health risk that opponents claim them to be. These claims are obviously a way to keep the city from enforcing a ban on plastic bags, because some people cannot accept change, no matter how necessary. If people are so worried about germs, there are many other issues that could be created, such as demanding that people who bag our food sterilize their hands between customers. Such paranoia is ridiculous. It is all right to have an opinion about reusable bags, but please stop the paranoid and unreal assumptions.

For those who use reusable bags, bravo!

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