Brewing Tea Helps Remove Lead From WaterGood news for tea lovers: That daily brew might be purifying the water, too.In a new study, Northwestern...
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Brewing Tea Helps Remove Lead From Water
Good news for tea lovers: That daily brew might be purifying the water, too.
In a new study, Northwestern University researchers demonstrated that brewing tea naturally adsorbs heavy metals like lead and cadmium, effectively filtering dangerous contaminants out of drinks. Heavy metal ions stick to, or adsorb to, the surface of the tea leaves, where they stay trapped until the used tea bag is disposed.
The study will be published on Tuesday (Feb. 25) in the journal ACS Food Science & Technology.
Good news for tea lovers: That daily brew might be purifying the water, too.
In a new study, Northwestern University researchers demonstrated that brewing tea naturally adsorbs heavy metals like lead and cadmium, effectively filtering dangerous contaminants out of drinks. Heavy metal ions stick to, or adsorb to, the surface of the tea leaves, where they stay trapped until the used tea bag is disposed.
The study will be published on Tuesday (Feb. 25) in the journal ACS Food Science & Technology.
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- Lead Reduction