Now, a new Chemosphere study has revealed that some popular tea bags release billions of microplastics during the brewing ...

Fact checked by Nick Blackmer Tea bags could be releasing billions of microplastic particles when brewed, recent research ...

but there are many tea bags in stores which are plastic free. To work out whether your tea bags are free from plastics, check the packaging. Plastic-free brands are likely to use this in their ...

You could also choose brands that offer biodegradable or plastic-free tea bags made from natural fibers like paper or cotton, per Detwiler. But tea drinkers shouldn't panic over the findings.

They found that tea bags made with the plastic substance polypropylene—used to heat-seal tea bags shut—released about 1.2 billion small pieces of plastic per milliliter of tea, while bags made ...

BARCELONA, Spain — In a concerning discovery for tea lovers everywhere, scientists have found that a simple cup of tea might come with an unwanted extra ingredient: billions of microscopic plastic ...

Drinking tea from plastic-containing tea bags could expose you to billions of nano- and microplastics with every sip, putting your health at risk. Many tea bags contain small amounts of tiny ...

For starters, tea is packed with antioxidants, which help your body fight off harmful free radicals. These antioxidants can reduce the risk ... The study revealed that mucus-producing intestinal cells ...

The study found that the cells in the intestine responsible for producing mucus absorbed the most plastic particles from the tea bags. What was even more worrying is that some plastic particles were ...