Degradation of straws made from different types of materials (IMAGE)

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Degradation of straws made from different types of materials

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Degradation of straws made from different types of materials were observed for 16 weeks at WHOI's Environmental Systems Lab. The tanks the straws were kept in had a continuous flow of ocean water from Martha's Vineyard Sound.

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Photo by: Rachel Mann/©Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

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