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Paper and bamboo straws, generally considered more environmentally friendly than plastic ones, contain perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and could be harmful to the environment as well as to people's health:is what emerged from one study recently published in the journal Food Additives & Contaminants:Part A and conducted by Belgian researchers from the University of Antwerp.The latter, examining 39 different brands of straws made of paper, bamboo, glass, stainless steel and plastic, not only discovered that PFAS were present in the majority of the products tested, but also that the straws contained the most such substances of paper and bamboo. Specifically, 69% of straw brands analyzed contained PFAS, for a total of 18 different chemical substances:a massive presence, which however has nothing to do with that found in the brands of paper and bamboo straws.In fact, 90% of the brands of paper straws tested were contaminated with PFAS, which were then present in 80%...