>>The researchers sampled 39 brands of
straws made of paper, bamboo, glass,
stainless steel and plastic. Of those, 27
were found to contain PFAS, though
the concentrations were low.<p>So basically nothing new. I was actually surprised they didn't find tons of pfas in paper straws as those stuff are lined with waterproof coating. On a tangent, paper straws are a symbol of everything that's wrong with current climate politics; we have to deal with inferior products, while the actual corporations responsible are free to act with impunity. All these edicts banning stuff such as plastic straws are passed on high from the ivory towers of conventions filled with politicians and successful businessman, flown in on private jets and driven the last mile in photogenic electric cars, to talk about what the lower classes do and do not deserve to have.
Every time plastic waste or PFAS comes up, it seems like straws are mentioned. Am I the onky one who never uses a straw? What do you all find you get from them that you wouldn't get from just drinking out of a cup?
The obvious solution seems to be dropping straws entirely until manufacturers can get their shit together like they did during the wax-on-paper days.<p>Reusable bamboo/metal straws are always an option of course (or even a requirement people with for certain disabilities) but for most people throwaway straws are the most ridiculous luxury people get upset about being taken away from them.
They found PFAS in/on glass??? Something is very odd with their methodology in that case.<p>I wonder if they are making the common mistake of searching for fluoride and assuming it must be a PFAS.
It seems humanity just can't win. Short of using glass and metal for everything is there any way plastic can be used without harming the environment?
I use transparent plastic pens as straws,
its a bit shorter but the plastic is way more
resilient and its reusable forever.
example of such pen:
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No shit. Paper straws literally need a plastic coating to work. It’s the dumbest invention ever. At least do compostable plastic straws over paper.l, and even that’s not great.<p>I see no issue with plastic straws that are then used by peaker electric plants.