Warning: Paper Drinking Straws May Be Harmful to Health and Worse for the Environment Than Plastic Versions

Scitech Daily ^ | AUGUST 30, 2023 | By TAYLOR & FRANCIS GROUP

[BenLurkin]

Full circle, we have come...

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[Rennes Templar]

Next law: Two beers, two straw limit per week.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

Paper Drinking Straws May Be Harmful to Health and Worse for the Environment Than Plastic Versions

More importantly, they're gross. Nothing like reaching for a cold drink and getting a mouthful of paper pulp as the straw goes soggy. But hey, it's a small price to pay to soothe the neuroses of some environmentalists.

[Danie_2023]

“More importantly, they’re gross. Nothing like reaching for a cold drink and getting a mouthful of paper pulp as the straw goes soggy. But hey, it’s a small price to pay to soothe the neuroses of some environmentalists.”

But... aren’t those the same tree-hugging idiotic environmentalists that demanded that we move away from using paper to plastic?

[ryderann]

If I remember correctly, the paper wrap on cigarettes is full of dangerous chemicals too.

[Sacajaweau]

Adult sippy glasses would do the trick.

[Sacajaweau]

Like the supermarket plastic bags...no people have to buy heavy plastic...6 times the size and twice the mils of market varieties.

[Dr. Sivana]

I remember paper straws being common when I was a kid in the 60s. They worked fine, though there were no eco claims here n those days.

[Dr. Sivana]

I remember paper straws being common when I was a kid in the 60s. They worked fine, though there were no eco claims here n those days.

[Salman]

It never was really about saving the planet.

[Steely Tom]

I remember paper straws being common when I was a kid in the 60s. They worked fine, though there were no eco claims here n those days.

Possibly because in the 60s there existed no inexpensive analytical machines that could detect chemicals at parts-per-billion levels.

[Telepathic Intruder]

Your straws are not in order. Guards!

[Murder of Crows]

I got a box lunch yesterday that came with a drink. The box contained a paper straw wrapped in plastic.

[Red Badger]

So did I, only my straw was plastic wrapped in paper.............

[Wuli]

1. Pro or con about paper straws

2. there never were good “environmental” reasons against plastic straws.

[Muhammy]

I know a good Italian Restaurant that uses Bucatelli for straws.
Pasta Mia!!!!!!!!!!

[Jyotishi]

“getting a mouthful of paper pulp as the straw goes soggy”

They make great spitballs!

[ROCKLOBSTER]

Paper Drinking Straws May Be Harmful to Health and Worse for the Environment Than Plastic Versions

Then we should just go back to the ones actually made of straw. I'm sure there's no shortage of "feed stock".

[Red Badger]

Bamboo......................