Warning: Your reusable grocery bags can become contaminated with bacteria

97% of shoppers admit they never wash their reusable grocery bags. Dr. Susan Rehm from Cleveland Clinic talks about avoiding illness from contaminated grocery bags:

Another video: Viruses and Bacteria In Reusable Grocery Bags, from a local TV station, KOBITV:

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