#Plastic - the bad #PublicHealth news just keeps coming Although you'd have to ask, why wasn't this #PlasticPollution considered earlier? www.earth.com/news/tea-bag... - ThreadSky

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nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social • 59 days ago

#Plastic - the bad #PublicHealth news just keeps coming

Although you'd have to ask, why wasn't this #PlasticPollution considered earlier?
https://www.earth.com/news/tea-bags-release-millions-of-plastic-particles-during-brewing/

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omearabrian.bsky.social•59 days ago

For folks wanting to dig in more:

Cited study: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.143736

Problems with the journal: https://arstechnica.com/health/2024/12/journal-that-published-faulty-black-plastic-study-removed-from-science-index/

FWIW, story scares me and makes sense (note it’s not my area of specialty), but I’m not sure about the concentrations: it’s from 300 tea bags in 0.6 L of water?

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amias.net•59 days ago

This is a series of press releases mashed into an unhelpful article. Which tea did they test and how did they test it ?
Brands such as PG and Tetly have very different bags to Pukka or Clipper

shrutinha.bsky.social•59 days ago

‘Startling discovery’? Really? I’ve deliberately been using loose leaf tea only for at least 25 years (tastes better), and since being diagnosed with fibroids back in 2005, only buy tea bags which contain no plastic.

ldw1.bsky.social•59 days ago

Been using leaf tea ever since I discovered there was plastic in teabags some years ago.

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