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Not All Plastics Equal
Ever buy a fish at a pet store that died within days of being put in an aquarium at home? The plastic bag in which the fish traveled home may be the culprit, according to research by University of Maine marine scientist Heather Hamlin
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Not All Plastic Created Equal
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Very sad stuff. You can almost imagine just buying some of these bags when your moving houses and you put a fish you've had for several years in here and it suddenly dies. That would be absolutely tragic. We need to get really strict on this stuff.
That would be incredibly sad. It would be nice to know which brands of plastic bags are the safest. I'm going to start using a different method for moving fish. The article says the fish in Teflon bags and glass survived. Glass seems too cumbersome and heavy to be a viable alternative. I guess its time I invest in some Teflon bags.