Straws offer an easy, sanitary way to drink beverages. They also help people with disabilities safely consume liquids. However, drinking through a straw may have more drawbacks than benefits.

Humans for millennia siphoned the liquid pleasures of life between their lips through a hollow piece of grass — through straw. It took a 19th-century American entrepreneur, a Civil War veteran ...

The alleged “eco-friendly” paper drinking straws contain long-lasting and potentially toxic chemicals and may not be better for the environment than plastic versions, researchers have warned.

Ohio-born Marvin Stone's invention of a paper cigarette holder mightn't be remembered if he hadn't expanded his repertoire to include a drinking straw. Adapting the same method of wrapping strips ...