Some fancy tea bags made from silky plastic material diffuse more than tea into your cup. A recent study found they can leach up to 11.6 billion particles of microplastic.

Here's what happened: I was making tea one day, waiting for my water to get hot, and I started reading the box. It touted the fact that the company didn't use "silky" plastic tea bags, which ...

Researchers found that a single plastic tea bag steeped at 95 degrees Celsius, or 203 degrees Fahrenheit, releases approximately 11.6 billion microplastics and 3.1 billion nanoplastics during a ...

The study design was straightforward. They picked four brands at random that had plastic-based tea bags: two made of nylon, and two made of PET. They took out the tea, rinsed the bags in pure water, ...

If you're a tea enthusiast who loves a calming cup of chamomile or a robust Earl Grey, you might have heard whispers about microplastics lurking in the very tea bags we use daily. Yes, microplastics, ...

Tea bags can do so much more in the kitchen than make a cozy cup of tea. You can also use them in your cooking. Reuse tea bags to create tea-infused cookies, soups, risotto , pasta, and more.

Learn the many benefits of using tea bags on eyes, from reducing eye puffiness and soothing tired eyes to brightening dark circles. No fancy eye creams needed. Ahead, Jessie Cheung, MD, a board ...