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Top Facts About Plastic Bags

Each year, an estimated 500 billion to 1 trillion plastic bags are consumed worldwide. That comes out to over one million per minute. Billions end up as litter each year. According to the EPA, over 380 billion plastic bags, sacks and wraps are consumed in the U.S. each year. According to The Wall Street Journal, the U.S. goes through 100 billion plastic shopping bags annually. Estimated cost to retailers is $4 billion. Hundreds of thousands of sea turtles, whales and other marine mammals die every year from eating discarded plastic bags mistaken for food. In 2001, Ireland consumed 1.2 billion plastic bags, or 316 per person. An extremely successful plastic bag consumption tax, or PlasTax, introduced in 2002 reduced consumption by 90%. Approximately 18,000,000 liters of oil have been saved due to this reduced production. Governments around the world are considering implementing similar measures.

Saturday, September 20, 2008

Plastic Bag Syndrome

While there are not much reports available for us about what will be the effects of Plastic Bags on our health, there is a possibility for you to experience this so called Plastic Bag Syndrome. Plastic Bags Syndrome is something related to pressure on our neurovascular causes a temporary Ischeamia around the distal part of our finger coupled with a neuropraxia of the digital nerves. I believe that this so called Plastic Bags Syndrome is a result of too much relying on plastic bags in our everyday life in whatever you are doing. I have seen someone always going around with plastic bags on her finger to carry her things and that certainly one day will lead to this Plastic Bag Syndrome.


The result of Plastic Bag Syndrome is not something you will need urgent medical assistance and often forgotten but in some cases a medical advice is sought. Normally one will feel the discomfort or numbness is fleeting but so far I really think there are no serious cases reported so far. Whatever it is you should not think it is not something you should forget about. The injury on your finger can lead to permanent damage and subsequent limitation in the use of your finger. The public should be informed about this fact and must advice then to take simple precaution which is we should stop using plastic bags right now. Don't you think not being able to use your fingers is funny? It is not and I want to tell you to stop using plastic bag starting by today.