Amarok'Eco-friendly' paper and bamboo straws contain PFAS chemicals, study finds
Researchers found low concentrations of so-called forever chemicals in various "eco-friendly" straws, raising doubts about whether they're an appropriate alternative.
StarkillerX42Disposable 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.
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.
People with hand or motor control issues very much cannot. And having readily available straws helps a lot with that.
I don’t use straws. But I am glad that enough people do that it is almost never a problem… For people. Not the planet
So, your suggestion is to continue to kill the planet, because we might inconvenience a small subset of the population? I get it, I really do, it’s not fair for them, but those people can carry reusables if they need a straw.
DessertStormsSo your suggestion is to let disabled people die because you can't be bothered to fight the actual problem and just want a feel-good campaign to take part in and to feel superior to others with?
At least be honest..
At least be honest..
No, as I have said in MULTIPLE other comments. Straws exist in other flavors than plastic or disposable. Non disposables also come in a variety of shapes. People can use those. Where did I say they shouldn’t have something they need.
Like I also said in another comment, people who “need” straws now all just died of dehydration before plastic/disposable straws existed?
I mean, people kind of did. That is how accessibility works. It reduces the burden on caregivers and makes it easier to live a somewhat normal life