Plastic bag bans have a weak environmental rationale and increase prevalence of foodborne illness including e. coli http://heatst.com/politics/new-york-citys-plastic-bag-nags/?utm_content=bufferec8f7&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer …
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the evidence behind that claim is weak and effectively depends on a single study;https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2013/02/16/is-san-franciscos-ban-on-plastic-bags-making-people-sick-perhaps-not/ …
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so there *may* be a problem, but it's incredibly easy to mitigate? Does that mean bag bans are bad, or that we should mitigate?
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there's a green team here at my uni who endorse composting /buying fair trade-not serving prawns would serve both ends better
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look, I agree it's low priority, but that's not the same as net negative.
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@davidmanheim because of compensatory ethics and taking up cognitive real estate it's net negativehttp://www.theguardian.com/environment/2010/mar/15/green-consumers-more-likely-steal …3 replies 6 retweets 10 likes
I wonder if this is true for political correctness too. I've noticed the most PC people tend to be mean...
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