Fancy a cuppa?
As a nation of tea drinkers it turns out that we may be ingesting billions of plastic particles by drinking the hot beverage.
Professor of Chemical Engineering, Nathalie Tufenkji published a study in the Journal of Environmental Science & Technology and it showed that some teabags were releasing a large amount of particles into every cup.
To be exact there is 11 billion microplastics and three billion nanoplastics.
Dr Tufenkji told Global News: “We were very, very surprised. We thought maybe release a couple of hundred particles, maybe a few thousand.
“So we were really shocked when we saw they’re releasing billions of particles into a cup of tea.”
Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and nylon were the two types of plastics found but they don't come from your regular Barry's or Lyon's teabags.
They come from fancier teabags that you get in coffee shops or limited edition packs.
I think we might just stick to a regular cup of Joe.
