In 2015, video of a marine biologist pulling a plastic straw out of a turtle's nose sparked outrage worldwide and countries and cities started banning them, starting with the Pacific Island nation ...

Environmental activists say plastic straws have adverse consequences on the environment, especially marine life. The “Save ...

attention to the issue exploded in 2015 when a YouTube video of a sea turtle with a straw stuck in its nose went viral. A scientist’s effort to pull the plastic out of the turtle’s bloody ...

A decade ago, a video of a sea turtle with a plastic straw stuck in its nostril went viral, spurring a wave of activism aimed at curtailing plastic pollution. The disposable plastic straw became ...

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

But the anti-plastic straw movement really took off in 2015 after an eight-minute video from marine researchers showed a sea turtle whose nostril was blocked, prompting one of the researchers to ...

"To prevent another sea turtle from becoming a victim to plastic, we must make personal lifestyle alterations to fight for these species", the group said in a statement. Single-use plastic straws ...

While plastic straws have been blamed for polluting oceans ... "To prevent another sea turtle from becoming a victim to plastic, we must make personal lifestyle alterations to fight for these ...

Christine Figgener, a marine conservation biologist (who, a decade ago, posted a viral video of a sea turtle with a plastic straw stuck in one of its nostrils), said pitting paper against plastic ...