Researchers found that compounds in black and green tea leaves acted like “little Velcro” hooks on lead molecules. By Alexander Nazaryan Tea leaves pull heavy metals from water, significantly ...

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 ...

Researchers from Northwestern University have found that tea leaves absorb certain harmful metals from water, such as lead and cadmium, preventing us from ingesting them. The researchers emphasize ...

In Moroccan culture, the tea is made by steeping mint and green tea leaves and sugar, and is commonly served at all times of day. In North America, early Native Americans made a tea from wild mint ...

Vinayak Dravid (right), professor of materials science at Northwestern University, oversaw a team of scientists that discovered tea leaves can absorb and filter out harmful metals, including lead.