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Commercial tea bags release millions of microplastics, entering human intestinal cells (medicalxpress.com)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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UAB research has characterized in detail how polymer-based commercial tea bags release millions of nanoplastics and microplastics when infused. The study shows for the first time the capacity of these particles to be absorbed by human intestinal cells, and are thus able to reach the bloodstream and spread throughout the body.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (9 children)

even “non-plastic” tea bags have plastic fibers woven into the paper/cloth.

Source? For example the clipper website says they don’t use plastic, how do you know it still has plastic? https://www.clipper-teas.com/tea-talk/plastic-free-tea-bags/

[–] Nythos 7 points 1 week ago (6 children)

There is also this page that says which tea brand don’t use plastics with sources to the announcement.

Unless they were talking about PLA plastics which from a (very) quick search seems to pose no risk

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I have more bad news: [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969724007307](Are bioplastics safe? Hazardous effects of polylactic acid (PLA) nanoplastics in Drosophila)

[–] Nythos 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Your study is from 1/4/24 the one I linked is from 26/6/24

Or am I just being a muppet here?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Silly me. Glad that is resolved.

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