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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] 190 points 1 year ago (105 children)

Disposable products are gonna have problems to keep them cheap. The solution to straws is non-dispossble straws, always was.

Also this is still a silly topic, straws won't save the planet.

[–] [email protected] 89 points 1 year ago (68 children)

Or stop using straws all together. Cups/lids can be made differently, so they are more like a sippy cup. You don’t NEED straws. Humans are totally capable of drinking directly from a cup, even without a special lid.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (11 children)

How are you going to drink bubble tea without a straw?

[–] kurosawaa 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Metal straws have gotten very popular in Taiwan, the home of bubble tea. It's not that inconvenient to take a metal straw or other reusable straw with you.

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

I'm not going to keep a metal straw on me for the odd time I want bubble tea.

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