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 ...

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That comforting hot cup of tea—or refreshing glass of iced tea on a hot summer day—could help reduce the amount of toxic metals in drinking water, according to a new paper published in the journal ACS ...

Researchers tested different types of tea, tea bags and brewing methods. Finely ground black tea leaves performed best at removing toxic heavy metals. Longer steeping times helped tea remove ...

Scanning electron microscope image of black tea leaves, magnified by 300 times. Black tea, which is wilted and fully oxidized, exhibits a wrinkled and surface, potentially increasing the available ...

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With their wrinkled surfaces, black tea leaves, shown above at 300 times magnification, provide ample space for the adsorption of lead. (Credit: Vinayak P. David Group/Northwestern University) Want a ...

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Researchers at Northwestern University estimate tea preparation can reduce about 15 per cent of toxic metals from drinking ...

Finely ground tea leaves, particularly black tea leaves, adsorbed slightly more metal ions than whole leaves. Again, the researchers attributed this to surface area. "When tea leaves are processed ...

A new study from Northwestern University suggests that tea leaves can naturally remove harmful heavy metals like lead from drinking water. Black tea was found to be the most effective, absorbing up to ...