Study links plastic bag ban with increase in food-related deaths

By Hamish Boland-Rudder, Christopher Knaus
Updated April 18 2018 - 10:34pm, first published February 8 2013 - 2:21pm

Canberra’s plastic bag ban may be aimed at saving the environment, but one research paper out of the US suggests banning plastic bags in favour of reusable grocery bags could actually kill humans.

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