THE PAPER STRAW WAS WORSE: Korea's Own Study
From 647withchuckfrank · 17:22
Show by Chuck Frank
The paper straw was worse. A study commissioned by South Korea's own environment ministry compared four kinds of straws across 16 environmental measures, from the factory to the trash can. Ordinary plastic straws had the smallest impact in 10 of the 16. Paper straws scored about 6.3 times plastic on the study's carcinogenic-impact measure and about twice on acidification, per the Korea Herald and the South China Morning Post. A lawmaker: "The government must acknowledge the failure of its greenwashing policy." Years of soggy straws, and the plastic one was better all along. We're from the government, and we're here to help.Also in today's episode:- China's three-headed dragon: property investment down 20.6 percent, a province telling people to fund their own old age, land revenue falling (The Epoch Times, China's statistics bureau)- Flávio Bolsonaro reportedly leaves Brazil for the U.S. after police cancel his passports (Reuters, Agência Brasil)- More than 170 House Democrats demand the Justice Department drop the Omar investigation; she has not been charged (Breitbart, Gateway Pundit)- Trump rallies in Port Huron, Michigan, and Corinth, Mississippi; the city manager put Port Huron at about 20,000 (Detroit News, WLOX)- Consumer confidence jumps to 91.7, its first rise in four months (Conference Board, Bloomberg)- A Republican poll on Jewish voters, with its own small-sample warning (Breitbart)- A four-year-old with severe autism, an experimental drug, and a father's account of a first hug; the drug is not approved (Washington Times, Daily Wire)Timestamps:00:00 Welcome and Headlines01:26 Poo Platter 102:17 Poo Platter 202:55 Poo Platter 304:02 Bolsonaro Ally Flees Brazil06:07 Democrats Defend Ilhan Omar07:49 Trump Rally Crowds09:24 Consumer Confidence Rebound10:40 Jewish Voter Shift Poll12:05 Paper Straw Myth Busted13:31 Autism Drug Hope Story14:58 Sign Off and PrayerThere is a famine of truth in our land. Ten stories. Seven o'clock. The truth starts now.#647 #ChuckFrank #PaperStraws #Greenwashing #IlhanOmar #Hope
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