A British woman died when she fell onto her reusable straw, a coroner said in an inquest this week that highlighted the possible dangers of metal straws, The New York Times reported. Elena Struthers-Gardner, 60, who had a disability, was carrying a mason-jar style drinking glass with a screw-top in her home in Broadstone, England, in November 2018 when she collapsed. The 10-inch stainless-steel straw penetrated her left eye and pierced her brain, according to the coroner’s report released on Monday, which called the death an accident.

Natalia Lavrenkova via Getty Images Eco-friendly reusable straws come in varieties such as paper, metal and bamboo.

Brendan Allen, an assistant coroner, told The Bournemouth Daily Echo that the lid on Struthers-Gardner’s glass led to the fatality. “It seems to me these metal straws should not be used with any form of lid that holds them in place,” he said. “It seems the main problem here is if the lid hadn’t been in place, the straw would have moved away.” Struthers-Gardner’s wife, Mandy, said in a statement read at the inquest that her partner was a former jockey who fell often due to a former horseback riding injury. Struthers-Gardner also had scoliosis and substance abuse issues, according to her wife. Plastic straw bans have increased in popularity, especially since a 2015 video of a sea turtle having a plastic straw removed from its nose went incredibly viral. Last year, the ban gained momentum when Starbucks announced its plan to eliminate its green plastic straws from all its stores in 2020.

And despite the coffee chain recalling stainless steel straws it sold in its stores after it was reported that a few children were lacerated from them in 2016, the eco-friendly movement calling for reusable straws has only become more popular — especially as the Trump administration continues implementing policies that are devastating to the environment. In 2018, Seattle became the first major city in the U.S. to ban plastic straws and utensils. Last September, California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) signed the first state law barring dine-in restaurants from providing plastic straws unless customers request them. Yet, disability activists have pushed back against the plastic straw bans, arguing that many people with disabilities need the plastic straws to drink and that eliminating them compromises their civil rights.

.@ilrc_trico I use plastic straws because I can't hold a drink to my mouth. Plus they don't melt in hot drinks unlike compostable ones. This doesn't mean I don't care about the environment & reduce waste in other ways #StrawBan#SuckItAbleism#AccommodatingCommunitiespic.twitter.com/AspjfdtPrh — Alice Wong (@SFdirewolf) August 24, 2018