One America News Network According to a report that was published on August 24th, the widespread trend for restaurants, bars, and fast food establishments to utilize paper straws instead of plastic ones is no longer considered as environmentally healthy as was once believed.
Research from Belgium that was published in the journal “Food Additives and Contaminants” stated that the majority of paper and bamboo straws examined contained “forever chemicals,” or “PFAS,” technically known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl compounds.
Additionally, the study concluded that PFAS are much less prevalent in plastic straws. The Belgian investigation followed a 2021 American probe that discovered 21 PFAS in paper and other plant-based straws, but no detectable concentrations in plastic ones.
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