A new material developed by researchers from University of Toronto Engineering could offer a safer alternative to the ...

Scientists at the University of Toronto have developed a new non-stick material that rivals the performance of traditional ...

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President Trump issued an executive order banning the federal use of paper straws because, he said, they “don’t work” and don ...

President Donald Trump on Tuesday criticized paper straws, highlighting his executive order banning federal use of them as federal buildings switch back to plastic.

Flint Paper company to clean up decades of PFAS contamination under Michigan settlement Published: Jun. 25, 2025, 12:37 p.m.

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) A company that makes paper straws in Fort Wayne will be shutting for good later this year, costing 53 employees their jobs. Hoffmaster Group issued a WARN notice to the ...

Trump promoting plastic straws a sign of creeping authoritarianism Donald Trump has a problem with paper straws. So now the United States government does, too. A trivial matter, until it isn’t.

This Paper Straw Report includes a lengthy discussion regarding the health and environmental dangers of PFAS—a class of thousands of synthetic chemicals that are used to make paper straws and ...

Boss Straw’s sales plunged 85% after Trump signed an executive order barring federal agencies from buying paper straws.