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Bag Ban Public Testimony 7/24/2012 – 9/17/2012 <br />Thank you for considering these thoughts, <br />A concerned citizen <br /> <br /> <br />8/8/12 <br /> <br />From: LApsel@aol.com <br />To: Eugene Mayor, City Council, and City Manager <br />Subject: the health danger in reusable bags <br /> <br />According to Family Circle magazine (Feb. 2012): <br /> <br />"97% [is] The percentage of people who never wash their reusable shopping bags according to a new <br />survey. Researchers found large numbers of bacteria in all the sacks they tested, and even detected E <br />coli in 8% of them." <br /> <br />Human health should be the primary environmental concern of our species. To outlaw plastic and paper <br />bags and cause such an unavoidable increased exposure to bacteria, filth, and possibly vermin is <br />particularly unfair to our elderly, our sick, including those with suppressed immune systems, and our <br />young. <br /> <br />Remember, even that rare 3% who washes their bags are probably only doing so occasionally and <br />encouraging washing affects the environment in another way with increased electrical and water usage <br />anyway <br /> <br />I think that even as things are now, there should be separate grocery bagging counters to isolate germs <br />and dirty reused bags from people wanting clean, new, germ free bags. <br /> <br />A small charge on bags to encourage reuse (at home!) and recycling, as with plastic bottles, seems <br />preferable to encouraging the use of unsanitary, bacteria ridden reusable bags. <br /> <br />I am a firm environmentalist, but as someone with a weak immune system, I am horrified by this <br />misguided harmful idea. The health of human beings comes first as we are indeed part of the <br />environment and need to be protected too! <br /> <br />Lynn Reichman <br />Eugene <br /> <br /> <br />9/6/2012 <br /> <br />From: Emily Stuart estuart122@gmail.com <br />To: Eugene Mayor, City Council, and City Manager <br />Subject: Please support the ban on single-use plastic bags in Eugene <br /> <br />Dear Mayor, City Council, and City Manager- I am writing to support a ban on single-use plastic checkout <br />bags within the city of Eugene to reduce the use of plastic bags, encourage the use of reusable bags and <br />
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