Commercial tea bags release millions of microplastics when in use
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A UAB research has characterised in detail how polymer-based commercial tea bags release millions of nanoplastics and microplastics when...
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Original Title: TIL Commercial tea bags release millions of microplastics and nanoplastics when in use. For the first time, the study demonstrates how these particles can enter the bloodstream and travel throughout the body after being absorbed by human intestinal cells