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

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No but the plastic ones actually did harm the plant.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes, but some people actually depend on them to live, and considering jut how little of the plastics they made up, the crusade to get rid of them is nothing but a superficial feel good endeavour that has absolutely zero impact on the crisis we face, and just leaves disabled people lacking access to a literal life line.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It can't have zero impact if you replace 50-300 million straws per day in de US alone. Could we do more? Of course we could but a start is a start and this is better than nothing.

Besides that I don't get how and why someone's life might depends on plastic straws but I'm sure we could find an alternative for that poor person.