Article

2023-08-26 Science & Technology

Harmful 'forever chemicals' found in 'eco-friendly' paper straws

Archived material is restricted to Rantburg regulars and members. If you need access email fred.pruitt=at=gmail.com with your nick to be added to the members list. There is no charge to join Rantburg as a member.

Posted by DarthVader 2023-08-26 15:29|| || Front Page|| [17 views ] Top

#1 OK, steel straws it is. Coffee filters, OH, no.

Posted by Dale 2023-08-26 16:03|| 2023-08-26 16:03|| Front Page Top

#2 Coffee filters, OH, no

Cowboy coffee style for the win!

Posted by DarthVader 2023-08-26 16:08|| 2023-08-26 16:08|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2023-08-26 19:27|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2023-08-26 21:15|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2023-08-26 21:21|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2023-08-26 22:45|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2023-08-26 23:41|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2023-08-26 23:59|| Front Page Top

23:59 Grom the Kindly
23:41 Eohippus Bumble7692
22:49 swksvolFF
22:45 swksvolFF
22:37 swksvolFF
21:44 trailing wife
21:33 trailing wife
21:21 trailing wife
21:15 Eohippus Bumble7692
21:10 Anomalous Sources
21:09 Frank G
21:03 Anomalous Sources
21:01 swksvolFF
20:57 swksvolFF
20:47 swksvolFF
19:27 jpal
18:30 Super Hose
18:04 Frank G
18:03 jpal
18:01 ed in texas
17:55 DarthVader
17:52 DarthVader
17:43 Frank G
17:37 Rambler in Virginia