By Leslie Marshall | Fox News
... I live in California, and when the push to eliminate plastic straws gathered steam, many of us (yes, even liberals) rolled our eyes ...
But then I learned why its essential to get rid of them. Banning plastic straws isn't a lefty issue. It's an environmental issue, an animal rights issue even a human health issue.
Most plastic straws can't be recycled and they don't biodegrade like the paper variety. A single straw may not seem to pose much of a problem, but Americans currently discard a huge amount of straws every day. No one knows the exact number, but estimates range from 170 million to 500 million straws daily ...
Environmental advocacy groups estimate that plastic in the oceans kills 1 million seabirds and 100,000 marine mammals every year. Animals ingest straws and other plastic, causing them to choke or suffocate. Others starve because they've eaten too much plastic that they can't digest ...
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/leslie-marshall-plastic-straws-are-no-joking-matter