Plastic-Lined Cups and Tea Bags Release Nanoparticles into Liquids Published Apr 25, 2022 at 11:45 AM EDT By Martin M. Barillas, Zenger News Newsweek Is A Trust Project Member ...

Scientists have made a discovery about teabags that is going to make any Earl Grey drinker retch -- plastic bags of tea release billions of tiny plastic particles into every cup.

What they found was startling. A single tea bag can release anywhere from 8 million to 1.2 billion nanoplastic particles into your cup, with polypropylene bags being the worst offenders.

Tea bags that are made with plastic packaging can release billions of microplastic and nanoplastic particles into your cup of tea, scientists say. The findings come from new research published by ...

They're in our oceans, soil, air, snow -- and even in your cup of tea. Plastic tea bags are shedding billions of shards of microplastics into their water, according to a new study.

They're in our oceans , soil , air, snow -- and even in your cup of tea. Plastic tea bags are shedding billions of shards of microplastics into their water, according to a new study.

They’re in our oceans, soil, air, snow — and even in your cup of tea. Plastic tea bags are shedding billions of shards of microplastics into their water, according to a new study.

Posted: Sep 27, 2019 / 02:17 PM EDT Updated: Sep 27, 2019 / 02:17 PM EDT (CNN) – The next time you make a cup of tea, scientists say you might want to pick that paper tea bag or just go loose-leaf.

They’re in our oceans, soil, air, snow — and even in your cup of tea. Plastic tea bags are shedding billions of shards of microplastics into their water, according to a new study.

They're in our oceans, soil, air, snow -- and even in your cup of tea. Plastic tea bags are shedding billions of shards of microplastics into their water, according to a new study.