Scientists in Spain have found microscopic evidence of plastic pollution getting into human cells after being leached from tea bags. Published in the journal Chemosphere, the research by a team ...

Researchers have flagged potential health risks by indicating that a single tea bag could unleash harmful microplastics into our systems ... in the mucus-producing cells of the intestine.

A new study found that millions and billions of plastics are released by commercially available teabags — and then absorbed into our bodies' cells. When these tea bags are used to prepare an ...