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What consumers think of as normal "paper" tea bags release 11.6 billion “microplastics” and 3.1 billion “nanoplastics” into each cup. It's not paper.
by DevX101 4y ago
What consumers think of as normal "paper" tea bags release 11.6 billion “microplastics” and 3.1 billion “nanoplastics” into each cup. It's not paper.
- propogandist 4y agowhich tea bags don't do this?
- DevX101 4y agoI wouldn't use tea bags at all. Use a metal loose leaf tea infuser and buy loose leaf tea. I use this: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00X50NUU4 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00X50NUU4
- Aachen 4y agoThe "use jquery" answer for tea bags. "How do I do X with tea bags?" "Don't use tea bags, use this better thing!"
- TeMPOraL 4y agoFair point, though this particular example makes me actually want to use the metal infuser instead of tea bags.
- type-r 4y agothe hilarity of suggesting use of something from Amazon when the discussion is about avoiding health hazards...
- TeMPOraL 4y agoI bet $10 this is actually covered in a very thin layer of plastic because it's what seems to happen to some metal products in the food space (see e.g. "aluminum" cans).
- akiselev 4y agoSince when did micro- and nanoplastics become an SI unit? Where do I put my feet?
- moffkalast 4y agoOn the table.
- morelisp 4y agoThat's 11603.1 whole plastics!
- moffkalast 4y agoWaiter, there's a plastic in my tea!
- coolspot 4y agoUnderrated comment.
- djmips 4y agoRedditor spotted.