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[Julian]

Looks like this was in press on 28.9.2019.

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Plastic in tea bags: Luxury brands leak billions of microplastics into your drink, study finds

Harriet Brewis
(28.9.2019 ?)
1 day ago

Luxury tea bags, rather than standard paper ones, are the worst microplastic offenders ( Pixabay )

Premium tea bags are shedding billions of microplastics into drinks your cup, a new study has found.

Most tea bags are made from paper, but some luxury brands have switched to a type of plastic mesh for their product.

Canadian researchers found that a number of these were leaking high levels of microplastics into water.
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https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/premium-tea-bags-leak-billions-of-microplastics-into-your-drink-study-finds-a4247921.html