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Some tea bags may shed billions of microplastics per cup
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September 25, 2019
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Sep 25, 20192:59Now PlayingYou may be swallowing billions of tiny plastic particles while sipping a cup of freshly brewed gourmet tea, a new study from McGill University in Montreal suggests. Many fancier teas now come in "silken" bags made of polyethylene terephthalate (found in plastic bottles) and nylon.
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