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| Harmful 'forever chemicals' found in 'eco-friendly' paper straws |
| 2023-08-26 |
| Posted by:DarthVader |
| #8 Don't know about harmful chemicals but the one I was given a week ago while bying a soda (our monkeys always imitate yours) became soggy and folded flat. |
| Posted by: Grom the Kindly 2023-08-26 23:59 |
| #7 And then there's coffee filter phobia. Last several purchases (roughly annual) followed the familiar curve toward smaller, shabbier, pricier. Recent batch (Walmart-skinsuited name brand) are thin but durable, fraction of previous unit cost... triggering worry about how that's possible. Dilution solution? Nervous "heh." |
| Posted by: Eohippus Bumble7692 2023-08-26 23:41 |
| #6 Modern Paper Techniques. No thanks. Chinese Paper Techniques. I refuse to use any kind of straw. Too much of a phallic symbol for my taste. Yes, and I did that one time too many, when I discovered the glass bottle was just being re-used with the bottle-cap just being re-used. Bottle lip had crust. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2023-08-26 22:45 |
| #5 Present? Ok, but is it at a meaningful level — that is to say high enough to actually have a health impact given the amount that would enter the fluid in the usual time a portion is drunk? Usually with these kinds of studies they are able to measure the presence of the chemical, but at a level so low as to be meaningless. When the article says nothing about the level detected, that’s a hint that the joirnalist — and/or the scientist — is going for a dramatic panic rather than a reasonable scientific conclusion. Remember the Covid testing that drove the extended lockdowns? As for me, I’ll continue using disposable plastic straws because I haven’t the energy to properly clean reusable straws after each use, and I loathe how paper straws fall apart in the mouth during use. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2023-08-26 21:21 |
| #4 Shrugged the shrink, "I can see why you thunk That a straw might be somebody's junk, But at last you are cured, Now you're broke, reassured It's a shrunken bull elephant's trunk. Or possibly an Amazon's blowpipe. Or that garden hose you drank from in first grade before noticing the yard was full of giant turds... and a Great Dane staring at you... while licking itself." [flips "Doctor is IN" sign] |
| Posted by: Eohippus Bumble7692 2023-08-26 21:15 |
| #3 I refuse to use any kind of straw. Too much of a phallic symbol for my taste. |
| Posted by: jpal 2023-08-26 19:27 |
| #2 Coffee filters, OH, no Cowboy coffee style for the win! |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2023-08-26 16:08 |
| #1 OK, steel straws it is. Coffee filters, OH, no. |
| Posted by: Dale 2023-08-26 16:03 |