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 ...

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Microplastic exposure has also been associated with the development of various chronic diseases. A study has now shown that microplastics that can be found in commercial tea bags that are ...

This tea is the least processed, and it has a light, sweet flavor. Is it as pleasing to the waistline as it is to the palate? One laboratory study showed white tea sped up the breakdown of ...

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Drinking tea from plastic-containing tea bags could expose you to billions of nano- and microplastics with every sip, putting your health at risk. Many tea bags contain small amounts of tiny ...

Passion tea is a proprietary herbal tea blend. This refreshing drink is popular in the summer. It consists of hibiscus flowers, natural tropical flavors, citric acid, licorice root, orange peel ...

To achieve this, they stained the particles to track their movement and exposed them to various types of intestinal cells in the lab. The study revealed that mucus-producing intestinal cells absorbed ...

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The study shows that, when brewing tea, polypropylene releases approximately 1.2 billion particles per milliliter, with an average size of 136.7 nanometers; cellulose releases about 135 million ...