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a concern, it is proven that the amount of E. coli found was not enough bacteria to make <br /> the average healthy person sick according to the NPR.3 However, they also reported that <br /> machine or hand washing kills more than 99.9% of bag bacteria. <br /> 5. Poisons from plastics are creeping up the food chain and starting to poison us. Although <br /> plastic bags never biodegrade they do break down into smaller and smaller particles until <br /> they are tiny enough to enter the food chain. These tiny particles are now outnumbering <br /> plankton 6 to 1. Inuit women have been found to have exceptionally high levels of toxins <br /> like PCB, a chemical compound used in plastic, in their breast milk because they eat <br /> more marine mammals from the top of the food chain. However Non-Inuits are not safe <br /> either; 93% of Americans over the age of six now test positive for BPA, a chemical found <br /> in plastics that is definitely not supposed to be found in humans. <br /> 3 Whitney Blair Wyckoff, "Bacteria May Grow in Reusable Grocery Bags, But Don't Fret," <br /> NPR, June 25, 2010,littp://www. lar.c r y/sectiogs/licaltli sliots/2010/06/2 5/1281 Ct> <br /> j.. . try...013ac ... tu� �...0�� ���� y 12 :g5 <br />