Researchers found low concentrations of so-called forever chemicals in various “eco-friendly” straws, raising doubts about whether they’re an appropriate alternative.

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      1 year ago

      Do we really need more sugar? We already have too much sugar in our diets. Why make straws into sugar too?

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        1 year ago

        They make the straw from parts of the sugar cane plant that don’t contain sugar. (After using the other parts to make sugar.)

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          1 year ago

          Correct :)

          It’s basically made of wood pulp.

          I do love people’s knee jerk reaction at the word “sugar”. I don’t think they’ve ever seen a sugar cane, they’re probably imagining this:

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        1 year ago

        Sugar cane, silly, not candy cane :)

        It’s wood pulp, there is almost zero sugar in a sugar cane once they’re done extracting the cane sugar out of it, which is when it can be re-used to do other things.

        It’s made of bagasse (sugarcane fibers, basically wood pulp) and binders like PLA and is entirely compostable.

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          1 year ago

          I figured it was made from the sugar from sugar cane, but it seems that it is just the cane from the sugar cane. I have seen sugar straws, so my bad.