You have heard that Americans use 500 million plastic straws per day.
“Turns out that figure came from a nonscientific phone survey conducted by a 9-year-old boy. (Yes, really.)”
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You have heard that Americans use 500 million plastic straws per day.
“Turns out that figure came from a nonscientific phone survey conducted by a 9-year-old boy. (Yes, really.)”
Comments are closed.
I have said many times that I can create a poll to prove anything you want to prove and it will stand up to scientific examination. It all depends on who is asking, what they are asking, who they are asking and how they are asking it.