This week, the White House repeated those warnings. “Paper straws contain dangerous PFAS chemicals — ‘forever chemicals’ linked to significant long-term health conditions — that infiltra ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday ending the "procurement and forced use of paper straws." The order directs the federal government to stop purchasing paper straws and ...

Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) said during a recent interview that he does not use straws, telling Fox News that is “what women in my ...

A new White House report implementing President Donald Trump's executive order supporting plastic straws says federal agencies are moving quickly to stop buying paper straws and are looking to ...

The humble paper straw, then – for all its environmental ... “And that’s why you’ll see the McDonald’s straws are white and not printed on, because we want to avoid any kind of ...

According to the White House, paper straws aren’t the environmentally friendly alternative they appear to be, and are so flimsy that sippers sometimes need several to get to the bottom of their ...

A decade ago, a video of a sea turtle with a plastic straw stuck in its nostril went viral, spurring a wave of activism aimed at curtailing plastic pollution. The disposable plastic straw became ...

President Donald Trump at the White House after signing an order for the federal government to replace paper straws with plastic on February 10, 2025, in Washington D.C. President Donald Trump at ...

In fact, Trump should go further. The White House and other federal agencies likely have stockpiles of paper Biden straws lying around. Trump should gather them onto the South Lawn, stack them ...

Those plastic straws were replaced with paper straws that the White House order says are "nonfunctional, use chemicals that may carry risks to human health, are more expensive to produce than ...

But I'm pretty sure the only reason Biden signed his executive order banning plastics was because, if anything, he thought the paper straws would slow down the cocaine use in the White House.

President Trump issued an executive order to phase out paper straws nationwide. The move comes as paper straws, intended to replace plastic straws, face criticism for their effectiveness and ...