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Title: Starbucks recalls steel straws which lacerate mouths
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URL Source: http://www.rt.com/usa/354548-starbucks-recalls-steel-straws/
Published: Aug 4, 2016
Author: © Mike Blake / Reuters
Post Date: 2016-08-04 02:55:31 by Tatarewicz
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Comments: 2
TR... 2.5 million stainless steel straws are being recalled by Starbucks following reports of children getting mouth lacerations. The straws cost $6 for a pack of three. They were also included with many of Starbucks’ more expensive cups. On Tuesday, Starbucks issued a recall for their reusable stainless steel straws after receiving four reports of mouth lacerations to young children in the US and Canada. The exact problem with the straws has yet to be identified, but a statement from Starbucks advises, “consumers should not allow children to handle or use the stainless steel straws.” Starbucks spokesman Reggie Borges told NBC News that the recall was done “out of an abundance of caution.” “They could be a danger to a kid using them not as intended,” he added. Customers are encouraged to trade their metal straws for gentler acrylic ones at their local Starbucks. #BoomBust: Restaurants heading for recession? #McDonalds & #Starbucks report new restraints @AmeeraDavid has details pic.twitter.com/pEazRxu7e8 — RT America (@RT_America) July 29, 2016 Poster Comment: Seemed like a good idea; less plastic waste and avoids ingestion of plastic molecules but anything hot would be hard on lips. Guess cost too much to "round" the ends of straws so don't cut. Won't be able to use in emergency gasline repair...oh well.
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#1. To: Tatarewicz (#0)
They must not have done a very good test period. If Ratsbucks is out a few hundred thou I'm happy. I NEVER go there. Their pastries are lousy and it feels like you've been wafted up to Boston Massachusetts. Whoever first turned me on to Science Alert here, kudos. Stuff there just now: Scientists document wild birds 'talking' with humans for the first time A US court just ruled that Navy sonar harms whales and dolphins Scientists find whales and dolphins mourn their dead too This 2,200-year-old Egyptian mummy binged on carbs and sat a lot How do you know you're not living in a computer simulation? A huge fireball just burned up over Las Vegas and it probably came from China 107 Nobel Laureates just signed a letter slamming Greenpeace over GMOs _____________________________________________________________ “We build but to tear down. Most of our work and resource is squandered. Our onward march is marked by devastation. Everywhere there is an appalling loss of time, effort and life. A cheerless view, but true.” - Tesla per FP
EEEEE Gads. I just had a vision of a child running with a steel straw, falling, and driving it through his brain. It's happened before with a child running with a toothbrush in his mouth.
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