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Monday, November 5, 2012

Straws Suck!



Have you heard? Seemingly harmless drinking straws are bad for the environment, your looks and your weight...

Plastic drinking straws have become an American sensation. Head into any European restaurant or bar and you’ll most likely be forced to drink your drink the old fashioned way – right from the glass. 

According to SimplyStraws.com, Americans sip through roughly 500 million plastic straws a day – and that may be a conservative estimate as it does not include the little straws attached to juice boxes and milk cartons. That’s a lot of plastic waste piling up in our landfills after just one use. If you’d like some inspiration to stop sipping from straws, here are 5 good reasons:

• Sipping from straws causes wrinkles. All that puckering just enhances those little lip lines.

• Drinking straws can leave you with gas and weight gain. We drink a lot faster through a straw and you’re swallowing more air with your beverage.

• Many plastic straws contain the toxic chemical BPA – which can leech into your beverage, especially if it’s warm.

• Plastic straws are not bio-degradable, not washable and shouldn’t be reused. What a waste.

• Many fish and birds are attracted to colorful drinking straws, with deadly consequences.

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