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Stephen Pollard

ByStephen Pollard, Stephen Pollard

Opinion

The budget's PR core is based on nonsense

March 12, 2008 24:00
1 min read

The one story the government would like to come out of the budget is its 'action' on that supposed environmental menace, plastic bags.

But a superb piece of reporting in Saturday's Times made clear that this is one of the great myths of our time. I urge you to read it all, because it shows how one of the most widespread assumptions of our time is complete nonsense. Here's the gist of it: The widely stated accusation that the bags kill 100,000 animals and a million seabirds every year are (sic) false, experts have told The Times. They pose only a minimal threat to most marine species, including seals, whales, dolphins and seabirds.