Equal Exchange Blog ... "Plastic, Chemical Bleach and Pesticides in Your Tea Cup?"

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Plastic, Chemical Bleach and Pesticides in Your Tea Cup?

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Is there plastic in your tea bag? What about trace amounts of bleach or pesticides? If you’re like most people, making yourself a nice cuppa at home probably involves a tea bag. You dunk the whole bag in boiling water and then allow it to steep until the tea is brewed. You remove and discard it when the tea is done — but it may leave behind more of a trace than you’d guess ...

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