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As Good Housekeeping previously noted, polypropylene is often used to seal paper tea bags. Some tea bags that ... adding that she also limits her consumption of red meat since "many chemicals ...

Many tea producers use polypropylene to seal their bags. Humans eat an average of 5 grams of plastic each week, according to a separate study earlier this year – the equivalent of a credit card ...

Not all tea bags shed them. We asked experts if it’s risky to use the ones that do. Credit...Joyce Lee for The New York Times Supported by By Caroline Hopkins Legaspi Q: I’ve heard there are ...

The good news is that most tea bags are made from natural fibres (though they still may use some plastic to seal the bags). But basic, everyday tea bags are not really a worry. The problem comes ...

The green teas, she says, do have a light green tint in the silk or nylon bags, while a harder-to-find blueberry tea ends up purple. She has made a red kimono from pomegranate teas. Of course ...