Scientists warn of harmful release from tea bags

Ok great. So, which brands put microplastics in tea bags? The article doesn’t say.

Oh dear

i'm really glad for my inconsistent hot beverage drink habit right about now.

I love getting tea bagged!

Tea bags are hot.

Loose tea is dead easy with the metal mug insert infusers.

Why the fuck isn't there an anti-plastic campaign? I know it's not going to happen, but as a demand, it's simple stuff: stop making it to use in most things, and ban most imports of it.

Good God is there anything that's safe? I hadn't even thought of tea bags being bad to use. R7, is right there should be an anti pastic campaign.

Micro-plastics are being shown to cause many health issues, cancer included.

Look how much people whine about paper straws and balsa wood utensils. That's why there's no anti-plastic campaign.

Google is sometimes your friend.

And I'm very sad about the billions of microplastic particles I've been ingesting, because during the winter I'm a tea drinker. I do sometimes drink Stash and that's one of the plastic free brands. Traditional medicinals, Numi, Yogi, Bromleys and a few others are also supposedly plastic free

Well, people whined about paper straws because it was all for show. Why target consumers, and allow chemical companies to go on producing excessive amounts of plastic and manufacturing companies to use it in everything they can without even trying to deter them? Moronic and fake.

I will always drink tea, I love it.

This makes sense and how did we not wonder about this earlier? It's revolting by the way.

I will never stop tea-bagging!

A typical example of researchers putting out a press release to big up their research, and to possibly unnecessarily frighten people. What is totally missing here is a calibration of the risk to humans. They describe mechanisms, and saying "the smaller the plastic, the higher the risk", but there is no baseline of risk established. This kind of research is dime a dozen, and highlights why STEM research has lost its way.

There is no definitive evidence that microplastics are harmful. And I hate to break this to you but microplastics get into your body by breathing them in. It’s in soil, drinking water, everything. Humans are living longer than ever, so calm down. Until there is hard proof, cut the hysterics. Getting the public riled up makes good copy.