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

a common tea bag material, released over a billion particles per milliliter of tea. Paper tea bags made of cellulose and mesh nylon bags shed millions of plastic particles per milliliter.

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

Microplastics are now being discovered even in bags. Of course, there is now some product that promises biodegradable or even paper-based tea bags; so they should be acceptable to more ...

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Tea bags are made up of different materials. Many are made of paper, which comes from plant like fibers like cellulose, wood and hemp. Others are made from flexible plastics such as nylon and ...

Regular ScienceAlert readers will likely know how pervasive microplastics are – getting into human tissue, ancient rock, and bottled water – but it may come as a shock to discover just how many of ...