reusable grocery bags have Lead Paint!

Totally amazing and never ceases to amaze. That while the countries enforce a product they forget to tighten the manufacturing. It is not until the product is out for a bit that the manufacturers discover that their products contains something that will not in fact be helpful, but harm in the process. What is up with competition that they have to be so popular to the point that certain elements do not get closely monitored before and not after the product is released. Shame though that credibility becomes a factor and accountability gets tainted.

You can say that again! The list of recalls is absolutely ridiculous! It seems nothing is safe anymore.

3SnuggleBunnies thats so stupid of them to p ut any lead into a grocery bag that will contact food we consume. I cannot believe somne of the things that they will allow specially stuff that is so poisonous. How do they really know how much lead is safe, why not no lead? I wish they would adopt a no lead in anything that we consume or even comes close to food.

Well that makes me feel a bit weary. I don't use reuseable bags but do plan to do so. I know some people do use the plastic bags to wrap their frutis and veggies in but many others don't, I guess now they will. You don't think there will be lead in something like this and when you find out there is you think "what in the world were they thinking?"

I have always hated those plastic bags...hate um, hate um, hate um. I wish they would have stayed with the paper bags, those can be recycled as well, and more healthier to the environment that those crappy plastic bags. I use bring my own recycle bags to the grocery store (because I don't want to bring those plastic bags home). Go figure that they know found lead in the bags...oh gosh!! The reuseable bags are great, they hold more and never tear. I sometimes forget to bring them with me, but other than that, they are great to use.

All of the recalls that we've seen in the past several years regarding lead based paint have never ceased to amaze me. That said, I try to be as healthy as I can, but reusable grocery bags have not been one of the things that I've had the opportunity to embrace. The main reason that I've not embraced them yet is because of the fact that I can never seem to remember to take them with me when I go to the grocery store.

It's high time that we start manufacturing things again, then we can be sure of the quality and safety. There are also people getting sick from reusable bags because they don't wash them. Bacteria from meats and produce accumulate in the bags and get on your other foods if you don't wash them regularly.

If it isn't one thing, it's another...

that sucks. and it figures. my son says everyone and every business is using the leased costly things to produce everything and i think hes right but its going to cost more of us with our health in the end. apparently lead is a very low grade metel

Lead contamination in my country is a mega issue and not much is being done about it. Children affected are in serious problems with regards to health and their ability to learn. Why can't governments get things right? sometimes they lose sight of the priorities in life. People want to work, have a home be able to have health care and a pension at retirement. That is what the majority of the people want plus education for al children.

They've known this for years that some of the inks and dyes used in plastic bags contain lead. I doubt very much that anything will change. I doubt that you'll see plastic bags suddenly pulled out of all stores. The sad reality is we use these bags daily and stores are not going to stop using them. Yes, more stores are also offering eco-friendly bags but that does not mean they are going to pull their plastic ones just because of lead contamination. All I can encourage others to do is to use reusuable cloth bags. Make sure you are reading labels because not all 'reusable' bags are the same. Some have the same dye issues as the plastic bags. Namaste-Anora

I saw an article about this today! I couldn't believe it. I don't solely use reusable bags (I use a mixture of those and plastic bags) but it does scare me a bit now about using them! I guess you can never just fully trust everything, unfortunately.