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Re:Commercial tea bags release microplastics, entering human... by sharpshadow on Monday December 23, 2024 @10:52AM (#42495255)
One should avoid all the things which you mentioned and using a microwave at all.

The context is a comparison between good old paper tea bags.

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Re:Commercial tea bags release microplastics, entering human... by yreg on Monday December 23, 2024 @10:55AM (#42495276)
> using a microwave at all

Why?

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Re:Commercial tea bags release microplastics, entering human... by hindsightbias on Monday December 23, 2024 @11:08AM (#42495409)
> good old paper

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21939283/

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Re:Commercial tea bags release microplastics, entering human... by sharpshadow on Monday December 23, 2024 @11:56AM (#42495794)
This study does not specifically mention paper tee bags. It mentions food contact paper but that’s something different.

In Germany paper tea bags are made out of natural fiber without glue.

But I would really like to know if this paper tea bags also release hefty amounts of microplastics, if somebody has a study please link. That those plastic tea bags are microplastic hell should have been obvious from the start. The first time I saw them until forever I will avoid them.

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