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I stopped using paper straws after having read this stuff on HN. Thanks HN commenters :)

• hilbert42 3y ago
  "...Paper Straws Contain Traces of Toxic Forever Chemicals" Good idea, but what are you going to use instead? As plastic ones are out, that only leaves glass and perhaps bamboo straws. I know they exist as I've seen them (but I can't say I've seen a glass one in decades). Unfortunately, from my recollection, glass straws are inconvenient and can be dangerous if broken. Frankly, I reckon it's hopeless, between nano plastics and PFAS I can't possibly conceive how I can effectively eliminate them from my life.
  • meristohm 3y ago
    Unless it's a disability/accessibility reason, consider not using straws at all?
    • hilbert42 3y ago
      I don't.
  • lukevp 3y ago
    Stainless straws with silicone tips are durable and safe to use!
    • bluSCALE4 3y ago
      For now...
    • hilbert42 3y ago
      Right, I've not seen stainless ones before (perhaps I have but it never registered—I never use straws, haven't since I was a kid).
    • ce4 3y ago
      Not exactly true. Metal straws may puncture one's throat: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/11/world/europe/metal-straws-death.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/11/world/europe/metal-straws...
  • wahnfrieden 3y ago
    no straw, or lid with sipping hole
    • aio2 3y ago
      w move
  • RankingMember 3y ago
    I use stainless steel straws fwiw
  • stronglikedan 3y ago
    > plastic ones are out on the rare occasion that I need a straw, I use plastic. they're fine
  • thelittleone 3y ago
    Bamboo straws also.