Trump has griped about paper straws since at least 2019. When signing this year’s executive order, he said that paper straws ...

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Unlike plastic straws, which can take about 200 years to decompose, paper ones are supposed to do the same thing in just 60 days—a fraction of the time compared to plastic. Advertisement ...

Paper straws, on the other hand, were the most likely to contain PFAS, with 18 out of 20, or 90%, of paper brands testing positive. They were also found in four out of five bamboo straws, three ...

If you're concerned about your exposure to forever chemicals, you may want to ditch your paper straw. In 2023, researchers from the University of Antwerp, Belgium, published a study in the journal ...

President Trump has declared the last straw. Or at least the paper ones used by federal agencies. In an executive order this week, the president barred the federal government from buying paper ...

After analyzing 39 different brands, Groffen and his team found that paper straws were significantly more likely to contain toxic-forever chemicals than those using other materials.

So, while paper straws are meant to be better for the environment, they clearly have a personal cost. The question is whether you’re willing to take that chance.

One study out of the University of Antwerp in Belgium showed that paper straws — as well as those made of glass and bamboo — are coated in PFAS, aka "forever chemicals." Here's what to use ...

President Donald Trump's waded into the contentious debate over paper versus plastic straws with an executive order Monday favoring the plastic variety. The president ordered federal agency and ...