In order to keep disposable plastic straws from ending up in the ocean and harming sea animals, companies like Disney, Starbucks and Whole Foods have all vowed not to carry the item, most of which can ...

OAKLAND, Calif. - The humble plastic drinking straw is about to have some stiff competition. Miles Pepper, a 23-year Sonoma County native, and 32-year-old Emma Cohen, from Santa Fe, New Mexico have ...

BOURNEMOUTH, England – A retired jockey died when she fell onto an eco-friendly metal drinking straw which impaled her eye, an inquest heard. Elena Struthers-Gardner, 60, who was known as "Lena," ...

A coroner has issued a warning following the death of a 60-year-old British woman, who was reportedly killed in November 2018 when a metal straw she was using impaled her eye, causing severe damage to ...

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Just a few years ago, you automatically received a straw with any cold takeout drink and probably didn’t think twice about it. No longer. Seattle is the latest city to join at least a dozen others ...

It was early evening, and I was sitting in Maltings Whiskey Bar on the newly launched Norwegian Cruise Line ship Bliss when a friend ordered a couple of icy piña coladas. The drinks, blended rum ...