schizoidman@lemm.ee to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoTea bags releasing 'millions' of microplastics into tea, study showswww.dpa-international.comexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up170arrow-down14cross-posted to: climate@slrpnk.netnews@beehaw.org
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minus-squaretektite@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·22 hours agoI looked into this a few years ago and what I found suggested that the tied or stapled bags should be fine. It’s the crimped edges bags you want to watch out for; plastic particles in the paper are how the edges are fused.
minus-squarevortic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·16 hours agoI’ve also run into tea bags entirely composed of plastic mesh rather than paper. I don’t understand why someone would think that’s a good idea.
minus-squaretektite@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·16 hours agoYeah, they called those “silk” for a while but I’m pretty sure they’ve always been plastic.
I looked into this a few years ago and what I found suggested that the tied or stapled bags should be fine. It’s the crimped edges bags you want to watch out for; plastic particles in the paper are how the edges are fused.
I’ve also run into tea bags entirely composed of plastic mesh rather than paper. I don’t understand why someone would think that’s a good idea.
Yeah, they called those “silk” for a while but I’m pretty sure they’ve always been plastic.