Tea bags could be releasing billions of microplastic particles when brewed, recent research found. The study also found that human cells absorbed the plastic particles, suggesting that ...

Some commercial tea bags contain microplastics, but you can find nontoxic alternatives. (Getty Images) ...

A single tea bag steeped at boiling temperatures can result in significant contamination Traditionally, tea bags were made from paper, but synthetic fibres like nylon, PET, and polypropylene are ...