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Study: Paper and bamboo drinking straws have HIGHER concentrations of FOREVER CHEMICALS than plastic straws

August 28, 2023 -

A group of researchers in Belgium reported this finding in a study published in Food Additives and Contaminants. The study authors from the University of Antwerp (UAntwerp) tested dozens of straws from supermarkets, retail stores and fast-food restaurants in the country. Of the 39 straws made of paper, bamboo, glass, stainless steel and plastic, 27 reportedly contained per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) – albeit in low concentrations.

Eighteen out of the 20 paper ...

Paper straws and other “green” solutions are MORE TOXIC than plastic, study finds

August 27, 2023 -

In fact, Belgian researchers found that many so-called "green" utensils are actually worse for the health of both humans and planet than are their plastic counterparts.

"Straws made from plant-based materials such as paper and bamboo are often advertised as being more sustainable and eco-friendly than those made from plastic," commented Thimo Groffen, PhD, one of the study's authors and an environmental scientist at the University of Antwerp.

"However, the presence ...

Study: “Eco-friendly” plant-based drinking straws more harmful than plastic ones due to toxic FOREVER CHEMICALS

September 15, 2023 -

The authors of the study published in Food Additives & Contaminants looked at the concentrations of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in 39 drinking straw brands found in shops, supermarkets and restaurants in Belgium. They divided the 39 products based on the materials they were made of – paper, bamboo, glass, stainless steel and plastic.

Of the straws tested, almost all contained some concentration of PFAS – often used during manufacturing to make products ...

STUDY: New Jersey’s plastic consumption nearly TRIPLED following plastic bag ban

January 30, 2024 -

The study, conducted by market research firm Fredonia Group on Jan. 9, found that the "plastic bag ban" not only failed to curb plastic usage but also backfired four years after its implementation in the state. The research disclosed that plastic consumption at retail checkouts in the Garden State nearly tripled over the years.

New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy and the state's Democrat-controlled legislature proudly enacted a law in 2020 that sought to ban plastic ...

REPORT: Over 16,000 chemicals found in common plastic products, 3,000 more than the previous estimate

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Conducted by a team of European scientists and funded by the Research Council of Norway, the report identified over 16,000 chemicals in common products like water bottles, teething toys and even medical products like blood bags.

This staggering number is a significant increase from the previously estimated 13,000 chemicals identified by the United Nations Environment Program.

A few of the thousands of chemicals found in plastics are per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances, ...

Bottled water found to contain alarming levels of plastic particles, microplastics

January 22, 2024 -

Researchers from Columbia University and Rutgers University found that the average bottle of water sold at grocery stores contains nearly 250,000 fragments of harmful nanoplastics, which are so small in size that they are invisible to the naked eye.

"For reference, there are 25,400 microns in one inch," explains The New American's Veronika Kyrylenko, noting that nanoplastics are smaller than a micron in size. "A single human hair is about 83 microns wide."

(Related: ...

EPA labels two forever chemicals commonly found in cookware, carpets, furniture, cosmetics and firefighting foams as “hazardous substances”

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Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS), which are part of a larger cluster of forever chemicals known as per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), have been voluntarily phased out by U.S. manufacturers in the past but remain in the environment due to their non-degradable nature. These chemicals, which build up in the human body for long periods, may lead to cancer, liver and heart damage and developmental problems in infants and children. (Related: Study: ...

Up to 1,600 ILLEGALS arrive in Los Angeles EVERY WEEK – most of them get there on their own

November 06, 2023 -

According to Angelica Salas, executive director of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA), "between 1,000 and 1,600 people" arrive in LA every week.

In June, the city council voted to make LA a "sanctuary city" just like New York City (NYC) and Chicago, which are also run by Democrats. Because of this, conservatives in Texas and other frontier states took them at their word by busing illegal aliens to their jurisdictions.

But unlike ...

China trying to STARVE the world by destroying other nations’ ability to fish and feed themselves

July 21, 2023 -

Circulating satellite photos show a massive Chinese-owned "floating city" out in the water off the coast of Argentina. Said floating city is larger than the entirety of Washington, D.C. – and because it sits beyond the 200th nautical mile from Argentina's coast, it is technically within the bounds of the law for international waters.

The purpose of China's floating city is to legally fish Argentina's waters for fish and other seafood products that then get sent back to ...

Franken-meat grown from chicken cells in labs set to take over US restaurants and supermarkets as GLOBAL FOOD RESET begins

June 28, 2023 -

The global food supply is being "reset" by insidious globalists who fund the creation of gain-of-function viruses, deadly blood-clotting "vaccines" for those viruses, and Franken-meat for all the infected-and-injected zombies to sink their eye teeth into like drooling werewolves. According to climate change enthusiasts and extremists, humans are ending all earth life in the next few years by driving fuel-based vehicles, flying anywhere in a plane, using plastic straws at Starbucks, ...

After admitting FAILURE of 2014 plastic bag ban, California legislators now want to ban all kinds of plastic shopping bags by 2026

February 19, 2024 -

While California already has restrictions on thin single-use plastic bags at stores, Senate Bill 1053 seeks to eliminate the use of thicker plastic bags that are usually marketed as reusable and recyclable.

Buyers can purchase these thicker bags for an additional cost. However, according to State Sen. Catherine Blakespear, who introduced the bill along with Sen. Ben Allen, shoppers don't reuse or recycle the thicker plastic bags.

In a press release, Blakenspear ...

Research reveals forever chemicals may interfere with bone growth in children and adults

January 09, 2024 -

The study, which focused mainly on Hispanic individuals from southern California, was published in the journal Environmental Research.Forever chemicals: PFOS and PFAS

More commonly known as "forever chemicals," PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) chemicals are a family of synthetic chemicals that builds up in humans. PFAs are often linked to different health problems, including cancer.

The two most widely detected PFAS chemicals, perfluorooctanoic acid ...

Plastic straws, scourge of oceans, meets its match – in seaweed straws

July 21, 2019 -

The straws are even marketed as products that “look, feel, and act like plastic,” minus the pollution.Better than paper straws

Loliware designed and developed these seaweed straws as a greener alternative to plastic straws. The startup hopes to bring these "hyper-compostable" seaweed straws to stores soon.

Americans use and throw away at least 170 to 390 million straws every day. To address this environmental concern, Loliware's Kickstarter-funded single-use seaweed ...

Starting small: Environmentalists call for bans on plastic straws to reduce environmental pollution

May 23, 2018 -

Faced with Mexico-sized islands of plastic pollution adrift in the oceans, cities and nations are planning to forbid the use of widely-used single-use straws and stirrers. But experts warn that the plastic problem is much larger than those tiny items.

Australian researchers Denise Hardesty and Chris Wilcox looked up the amount of trash gathered by coastal clean-up efforts in the U.S. during five years. They estimated U.S. beaches alone have close to 7.5 million plastic straws....

Taiwan jumps on-board the bandwagon to ban straws and other single-use plastics

March 05, 2018 -

According to EcoWatch.com, the plan will go into motion by 2019. The phases will be as such:

Other parts of the plan include utilizing up to 5,000 ships to sail the seas looking out for trash and raising public awareness on plastic pollution through outreach programs and educational campaigns. EPA Minister Lee Ying-Yuan has stated all members of the country should play their part in curbing plastic waste and protecting the ocean, especially since garbage-riddled ...

Presto, change-o: Innovative company is turning avocado pits into biodegradable drinking straws and cutlery

June 14, 2019 -

Biofase set up shop in the Mexican state of Michoacan, the center of the country's avocado industry. One of its factories gathers the unwanted seeds and turns them into bioplastic, while the other one transforms the plastics into drinking straws and cutlery.

These disposable plastic products are supposedly capable of being broken down by natural processes – such as sunlight and bacterial action – at a much faster rate than conventional plastics. They will thus pose less ...

California becoming a fast food police state: $1,000 fine for waiters who serve plastic straws with beverages

January 30, 2018 -

The bill was introduced by Democratic California Assembly Majority Floor Leader Ian Calderon. It would prohibit any type of food facility from giving patrons single-use plastic straws unless they specifically request one.

“By creating a new crime and imposing additional enforcement duties on local health agencies, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program,” the bill states.

Calderon is quick to point out that his bill is not an outright ban on plastic ...

90% of plastic waste comes from Asia and Africa, but Americans are told they need to stop using plastic straws

September 24, 2019 -

That's right: America produces substantially less than 10 percent of the world's plastic waste, despite being target number one of climate lunatics everywhere who want to see the Constitution completely abolished in order to "save the planet." The scientific illiterates have somehow convinced themselves that the United States is enemy number one when it comes to environmental pollution, when in fact our country leads the pack in environmental cleanliness.

To come to ...

China is killing ethnic minorities in order to harvest their organs, but globalists say America is bad for using plastic straws

October 09, 2019 -

Meanwhile, the liberals of the United States are fighting plastic straws and crying about "safe spaces." The Left seems to have a tremendous problem with grasping reality: The United States contributes just one percent to worldwide ocean plastic pollution. We are not actually the problem.

The only problem America has is with self-flagellating eco-fascists and corrupt globalists who despise the United States not for what it is, but for what it stands for: Freedom.The ...

Australia to phase out single-use plastics by 2025

May 05, 2021 -

On Thursday, April 16, the country's environmental ministers met to confirm that the ban covers eight kinds of "problematic and unnecessary" plastic waste: lightweight plastic bags, plastic bags misleadingly labeled "degradable," straws, plastic utensils and stirrers, polystyrene food containers, polystyrene food packaging and microbeads in personal care products.

The plastic "hit list" was made to give businesses certainty because states have been enforcing differing bans ...