Choose the right tea. Drinking loose-leaf tea is probably the best way to limit your exposure to microplastics. And while ...

Many people have already stopped cooking rice in bags, but until now, no one has suspected that tea bags might also contain ...

The researchers analyzed the plastic released when brewing tea with tea bags made from nylon, polypropylene, and cellulose polymers. The analysis revealed that polypropylene tea bags released ...

In their study, published in Chemosphere, the team tested three common types of tea bags available online or in local ...

Recent research from the Mutagenesis Group in the UAB Department of Genetics and Microbiology highlights how polymer-based tea bags release microplastics and nanoplastics (MNPLs) during brewing. For ...