Disability rights groups voice issues with Starbucks' plastic straw ban as  company responds

Disability rights groups voice issues with Starbucks' plastic straw ban as company responds

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After Starbucks announced on July 9 it would phase out plastic straws from its stores by 2020, disability rights activists were concerned the policy would exclude some people with disabilities.

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