The plastic bag industry continues to try to find ways to convince the public to use plastic bags instead of reusable fabric or paper bags. It is sad to see them again put out false and misleading information and exploit the current health crisis with the COVID-19 pandemic. They have falsely claimed that this virus would spread more easily on a reusable fabric bag than on a plastic bag by using incorrect, partial and misleading data. This misleading data could help spread COVID-19.
According to the most recent independent scientific studies published by the New England Journal of Medicine and the…
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