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Why People With Disabilities Want Bans On Plastic Straws To Be More Flexible

On social media, many people are ecstatic about the crush of cities and businesses pledging to ban plastic straws once and for all.

But for many people with disabilities, going without plastic straws isn’t a question of how much they care about dolphins or sea turtles; it can be a matter of life or death.

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