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90% of “eco-friendly” paper straws contain traces of toxic forever chemicals (scienceswitch.com)
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[–] Psaldorn 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

PFAs have been in the world's water for decades now, so probably anything made with water contains them?

The issue isn't straws, it's that THE WATER IS FUCKING FUCKED

PFAs are detected in 97% of human Americans: https://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/topics/agents/pfc/index.cfm:

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What about non-human Americans? Are my pets okay?

[–] Psaldorn 1 points 1 year ago

Paper didn't cover that. Supposition: no