Researchers found low concentrations of so-called forever chemicals in various “eco-friendly” straws, raising doubts about whether they’re an appropriate alternative.

    • @Hawke
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      21 year ago

      Eh, bendy straws are kinda neat.

      • Overzeetop
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        31 year ago

        kinda neat

        Climate debate over folks. “Kinda neat” trumps destroying the environment every day of the week. If they were just “sorta neat” or “not really neat” we could ban them, but putting a few hundre metric tons of plastics into the waste stream is a reasonable tradeoff when you’re at the level of “kinda neat”.

        I kid, of course…kinda.

        • JWBananas
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          21 year ago

          Straws are a rounding error and a scapegoat when it comes to climate debate.

    • Dept
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      11 year ago

      straws are better for your teeth when drinking soda

        • @[email protected]
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          21 year ago

          Me when it’s time to see the dentist. Straws do protect your teeth from a lot of the damage the soda would do. Even the citric acid in diet sodas and other drinks can wear down your enamel. I think you can want to enjoy soda while still trying to keep your teeth attached to your head.

          • @[email protected]
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            31 year ago

            tbh if you’re drinking soda often enough where straws are the reason your teeth don’t fall out, I don’t think the health of your teeth is the biggest concern.

            • @[email protected]
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              11 year ago

              Yeah, that would be a problem, but It was also hyperbole. It doesn’t take much soda to damage your teeth though.

      • nicktron
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        11 year ago

        If you’re drinking enough soda that the way in which you consume it concerns you and your dental health, you have a problem.

    • DessertStorms
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      -41 year ago

      Single use bendy straws were literally invented to help keep bedbound and other disabled people alive. There are also many reasons people can’t use different alternatives.

      You personally not using something, doesn’t mean others don’t, and to deny access to a literal lifeline for the sake of 0.003% of the plastics in the ocean (literally a drop in an ocean) because it makes you feel better and requires zero effort or sacrifice (from you), instead of actually acting to resolve the problem (like being anti-capitalist rather than just trying to apply band aids to its symptoms) is not only gross and ableist, but also a colossal counterproductive waste of time.

      • @[email protected]
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        31 year ago

        Shit man you got me, I want disabled people to die from thirst, I fucking love killing disabled people in the weekend it’s my favorite hobby.

        Calling me ableist because I make fun of straws is legitimately deranged, are you in the pockets of big straw or something?

        (also the solution to plastic straws is easy, just use the ones that you can clean and reuse)