Reusable metal straws may be good for the planet, but they can also kill you. [More]I guess the environmentalcases who believe that haven't done much hanging around mines and refineries but the main point of contention has to be the attribution of responsibility to an inanimate object.
[Via Mack H]
Ironically, you can fold one end of a paper or plastic drinking straw over, and do almost precisely as much damage with it as you could with a metal drinking straw.
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In fact, according to physics.org, you can do it without folding the straw at all.
http://www.physics.org/interact/physics-to-go/potato-straw/index.html