Plastic Tea Bags: Shocking News or Nothing to Worry About? - Tea Journey
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The amount of plastic in a single bag is around 60 micrograms – 60 millionths of a gram. Change the headlines from “Tea bags release billions of particles” to “millionths of an ounce” and the emotive reaction is surely more muted. But the figures are exactly the same.
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A single tea bag can dump nearly 12 billion microplastics into your drink — here's how to avoid that
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Some tea bags may shed billions of microplastics per cup
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