The plastic pollution crisis

In this issue: Is there such a thing as a good straw? The non-stick pan brouhaha, pit-less cherries and how writers write.

This past May, when I was in Asia, I fruitlessly searched for bamboo straws. At home I use a metal straw but it gets too hot for my tea habit. If they were glass, I’d break them. My silicone straws work great for tea but I’m not confident I should be heating silicone up and sticking it in my mouth. (Is it 100% silicone? What’s in the coloring? Who knows…