http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/090520/health/health_reusable_bags_risks

It’s a hot topic in Toronto these days because the City has forced grocers to charge 5-cents for every platic bag it uses. As with most government regulation, the rule is applied unfairly, penalizing some retailers more than others and no consideration was given to the administrative cost burden to the grocer.

Many shoppers are therefore using reusable bags as they have been convinced that using platic bags is “bad”.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not necessarily against reusable bags in principal (although the reuse should be limited if the article is correct; or bags should be washed), but it should be for the right reasons, i.e. one’s personal choice based upon one’s own convenience, capacity, strength and household budget – not because the government enacts by-laws that direct people to reusable bags.