The biggest difference between tea bags and loose-leaf teas is the safety concerns — while tea provides health benefits, ...

Canadian researchers found that some plastic tea bags shed high levels of microplastics into water. Microplastics have widely been found in the environment, in tap and bottled waters, and in some ...

But have some gone too far with their claims? Clipper, the UK's sixth biggest tea brand, declares its bags "plastic free". But when you look at the small print it says the company uses a bio ...

You might not know that the tea bags in your cupboard at home may well contain microplastics too. Some tea bag makers use a heat-resistant plastic fibre called polypropylene, which is used to keep ...

These microplastics have been detected in the air ... That said, avoiding tea made with plastic tea bags and getting a reverse osmosis filter for your drinking water could help limit unnecessary ...

5. Silken sachet teabags contain harmful microplastics - MAYBE According to this TikTok, which has over 100k likes, silken sachet tea bags could be releasing billions of microplastics into your drink.

Tea bags can make tea preparation easier ... which can pile up in landfills and even release microplastics into your brewed tea, according to a study in the journal Environmental Science and ...

Tea, a long-standing staple in many British ... Recent studies have also revealed that some synthetic teabags may release microplastics into the brew, fuelling calls for transparency in ingredient ...

Microplastics are often too small to pick ... and over a billion in a plastic tea bag. Much of the early science on how plastics impact human health is inconclusive right now, but for me ...