Tea found in delicious microplastic infusion bags

Good news for loose tea fans: so-called "tea bags" release millions of nanoplastic and microplastic particles when infused, according to mutagenesis researchers at the University of Alabama in Birmingham. Oh, you thought they were made of paper? Most commercially available ones are made of "nylon-6, polypropylene and cellulose." — Read the rest

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