and bottled water – but it may come as a shock to discover just how many of these tiny fragments can lurk inside a single tea bag. A new study led by researchers from the Autonomous University ...

A health expert has shared a warning to tea drinkers after a study found the average human brain contains about seven grams of microplastics ...

Researchers at Spain's Autonomous University of Barcelona found that billions of microplastic and nanoplastic particles are released from a single tea bag for every millimeter of water it is ...

Rice is also a hot spot for microplastics. A University of Queensland study found that for every half cup of rice, there are ...

The Scientist speaks with Trier University’s Henrik Krehenwinkel, whose group recently detected traces of hundreds of arthropod species from a sample of dried plants—in this case, the contents of a ...

People are being encouraged to 'rethink' their drinking habits, especially if they enjoy a cup of tea and use tea bags. The ...