Scientists are increasingly concerned about the potential health implications of microplastics and nanoplastics entering human organs.

Some tea bags release billions of tiny plastic particles when immersed in hot water, creating tea that can harm your health and increase your risk of cancer—but not all tea is equally as dangerous.

Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. Tea bags could be releasing billions of ...

Different tea bag compositions tell a story of widespread plastic pollution that extends far beyond a single brand or manufacturing process. Microplastics represent a new frontier of environmental ...

People complaining about torn tea bags, and buying the brands with stronger bags have pushed us away from plain old paper, ...

They found that tea bags made with the plastic substance polypropylene—used to heat-seal tea bags shut—released about 1.2 billion small pieces of plastic per milliliter of tea, while bags made ...

Sneha Kapoor, a tea junkie settles into her favourite armchair with a warm cup of green tea. “That’s my little escape,” she ...

You could also choose brands that offer biodegradable or plastic-free tea bags made from natural fibres like paper or cotton, per Detwiler. But tea drinkers shouldn't panic over the findings.

Scientists in Spain have found microscopic evidence of plastic pollution getting into human cells after being leached from tea bags. Published in the journal Chemosphere, the research by a team ...