Fancy teabags are releasing billions of microplastic particles into your tea - Noy yet proved harmful to humans but single teabag releasing 3.1 billion nanoplastic particles into the water

While many people are trying to reduce their plastic use, some artisan tea makers are moving in the opposite direction, replacing traditional paper teabags with plastic ones. Now scientists have warned that anyone drinking these teas could end up swallowing billions of microplastic particles that have been shed from the bags.

"There is really no need to package tea in plastic, which at the end of the day becomes single-use plastic, and which is contributing to you not just ingesting plastic but to the environmental burden of plastic," she said.

The problem also with these mixed material items (including milk cartons with plastic lining, cartridge razor blades) is that they cannot even be easily recycled.

See https://www.mirror.co.uk/science/fancy-teabags-releasing-billions-microplastic-20317954

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Scientists don't know yet whether they are harmful to humans

source https://gadgeteer.co.za/fancy-teabags-are-releasing-billions-microplastic-particles-your-tea-noy-yet-proved-harmful-humans