The process of brewing tea was shown to remove toxic heavy metals from drinking water in a new study from Northwestern University in Illinois. The researchers explain the findings to Fox News Digital.

And that's the tea bag itself. A recent study published in the scientific journal Chemosphere found that tea bags steeped in boiling water (aka every tea bag if you're making your cup of tea right ...

People are being encouraged to 'rethink' their drinking habits, especially if they enjoy a cup of tea and use tea bags. The ...

Researchers at Northwestern University estimate tea preparation can reduce about 15 per cent of toxic metals from drinking ...

Tea bags play a role in absorbing contaminants as well. The team noted that while cotton and nylon bags barely absorbed any heavy metals, cellulose (plant-based) bags absorbed a significant amount.

Researchers tested different types of tea, tea bags and brewing methods. Finely ground black tea leaves performed best at removing toxic heavy metals. Longer steeping times helped tea remove ...

where they stay trapped until the used tea bag is disposed of. The study was published in the journal ACS Food Science & Technology. "We're not suggesting that everyone starts using tea leaves as ...

The authors then added tea leaves or bags and steeped them for various time periods, from seconds to 24 hours, before measuring how much of the metals remained in the water. “Nylon tea bags are ...