Plastic teabags release microscopic particles into tea

[antares4141]

Now any company using plastic teabags should have one of those stupid California warnings right?
"This product contains chemicals known to the state of California to cause cancer."

https://phys.org/news/2019-09-plast...8k7mURAYdJQ31FW23lbKPjs-jLhveuGn0sljLLzoZ2rkU

 

[PatJ]

I already avoid plastic tea bags because they just seemed like a bad idea since many plastics deteriorate quite easily and any plastic used in a teabag isn't likely to be very durable since it's a single use item. I don't want plastic in my tea.

This quote from the article is interesting:

Using electron microscopy, the team found that a single plastic teabag at brewing temperature released about 11.6 billion microplastic and 3.1 billion nanoplastic particles into the water.

These levels were thousands of times higher than those reported previously in other foods.

 

[antares4141]

I already avoid plastic tea bags because they just seemed like a bad idea since many plastics deteriorate quite easily and any plastic used in a teabag isn't likely to be very durable since it's a single use item. I don't want plastic in my tea.

This quote from the article is interesting:

That is interesting, I must have missed that.