Note: Due to a reader comment the other day, I need to point out that a cartoon does prove one side of an argument correct.  It is not a source of scientific data.  Cartoon = funny does not mean cartoon= scientifically correct.  Can I make that any clearer?     

I was browsing blogs the other day, and found an article on the Sparkpeople blog (a health and fitness website).  It announced that a current health threat is people using re-usable bags, but not cleaning them.  Apparently, there are dangerous levels of e-coli on many bags, not to mention other germs. 

Uh, this is not a health threat.  This is a common sense threat.  If people are stupid enough to:
a) put meat in cloth bags without first having them double-wrap it in plastic    -and-      b) not wash their bags     -and-      c) manage to transfer the stuff on the bag to the food their eat (or put their hands in their mouths),
I call that Darwinism at work. 


I am so tired of companies touting their green credentials.   I'm dubious that 1) not only is global warming occurring, but that 2) we did it, and that 3) we can change it, and that 4) methods such as re-usable bags and e-mailed credit card statements are an effective method.  I might buy into one (or even two) of them, but not all four. 
Almost every company I deal with on a regular basis  now has an entire department dedicated to show how green they are.  Not to mention commercials. 

I feel like starting an anti-green movement.  A group of people who refuse to do business with companies that are bragging about how green they are.  A group of people who buy REGULAR toilet paper and paper towels without feeling guilty.  Hell, let's not glare at people when they use plastic bags at the grocery store. 
Or, even better yet, let's start making people more aware that the green activist flying a private jet around is doing more damage than using the occasional plastic bag. 

As of today, I refuse to listen to another word about any health threats or green companies.  I'm adopting common sense and going to drive five extra miles every day. 
(That way, when everyone NOT making carbon becomes a problem, I'm already a part of the solution).