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Old 03-26-2024, 12:19 PM
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Originally Posted by jimjamuser View Post
The problem with plastic bags is not just "a few grams of plastic". The problem is that the lightweight plastic bags get blown around into our local lakes and even the Gulf of Mexico - where they cause problems (even death) for birds, fish, and mammals.
.........Then they can decompose and create these micro-particles that NEVER decompose and are ending up messing up earthworms, which are very IMPORTANT to agriculture. Then they end up in carrots and other root crops and then into human beings - where they are producing un-researched problems.
Again, it's NOT THE BAG, it's how people dispose of them. I've never seen a plastic grocery bag free itself from a sealed trash bag and blow itself into the ocean, have you??? And these plasma burn plants don't leave microparticles for earthworms.