Plastic straws - how could such small items create such big controversies?
Fact Check: How many straws do Americans actually use in a day?
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/19/business/plastic-straws-ban-fact-check-nyt.html
Where do drinking our straws fit into the array of environmental challenges?
https://www.coastal.ca.gov/publiced/ccd/history.html
https://www.1millionwomen.com.au/blog/straws-why-they-seriously-suck/
A Brief History of the Straw: Beginning with: When Straws Were Actually Straw
https://www.bonappetit.com/entertaining-style/trends-news/article/history-of-the-straw/amp
https://www.thoughtco.com/history-of-drinking-straws-1992399
The Science of Straws: Getting the Atmosphere to Work for You
https://www.indianapublicmedia.org/amomentofscience/drinking-straws-work.php
https://www.thenakedscientists.com/articles/questions/how-does-drinking-straw-work
The Strange Invention of the Bendy Straw
How plastic straws took over the world
How L.A. Bars and Restaurants Have Adjusted to the Plastic Straw Ban (and So Can You)
https://www.lamag.com/citythinkblog/plastic-straw-ban-solutions/
Straw Bans: Unintended Discrimination?
https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/11/health/plastic-straw-bans-disabled-trnd/index.html
https://time.com/5335955/plastic-straws-disabled/
https://www.today.com/health/plastic-straw-bans-hurt-kids-adults-disabilities-advocates-say-t158808
Plastic Straw Alternatives
https://yesstraws.com/blogs/news/19-plastic-straw-alternatives
https://nymag.com/strategist/article/best-rreusable-straws.html
Starbucks Bans Plastics Straws, Winds up Using More Plastic Overall
https://reason.com/2018/07/12/starbucks-straw-ban-will-see-the-company/
https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/plastic-alternatives-doing-harm/
Tray? Check. Spork? Check. Napkin? Check. But No More Plastic Straws In Miami-Dade School Cafeterias
Grand Challenge: Understanding and Sustaining a Biodiverse Planet
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