You can actually buy glass straws, they are made with pretty thick glass so they don't break.
32+ Sea Turtles And Plastic Straws Pics. Figgener poses with a sea turtle and members of her research team on their boat in costa rica in 2015. Macdonal gomez, daniel stuart, christine.
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Humans are the only species who use plastic straws — so we're the ones responsible for them getting into the ocean. Baby sea turtles are particularly vulnerable to the harmful effects of plastic pollution, according to a new study which found around half of the recently hatched reptiles had stomachs full of plastic. Sea turtles are affected by plastic during every stage of their life.
Oceanographer christine figgener and a research team at texas a&m university it has been estimated that there is six times more plastic in the ocean than there is plankton.
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