“We’re going back to plastic straws. These things don’t work,” Trump, 78, said in the Oval Office after signing off on the order, referring to paper straws. Trump first announced Friday he ...

Though research is still limited overall, there are growing concerns that microplastics in the body could potentially be linked to heart disease, Alzheimer’s and dementia, and other problems. Trump's ...

and other problems. Trump's executive order claims that paper straws use chemicals that may carry risks to human health are more expensive to produce than plastic straws. Researchers from the ...