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Tea bags releasing 'millions' of microplastics into tea, study shows (www.dpa-international.com)

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[–] averyminya@beehaw.org 6 points 2 days ago

That's basically blending it...

That said, we do know that water bottles sitting in the sun (i.e. heat + UV) causes leeching so I wonder about things like soda cans (not just the bottles). I would imagine that with tea bags with plastic present, boiling it and steeping for a few minutes would likely result in some contamination.

Which really makes one wonder... just why would you include plastic in something that will be ingested.