Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻💻🧬<p>Brewing <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/tea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tea</span></a> removes <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/lead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lead</span></a> from <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>water</span></a><br>High surface area of tea leaves means they adsorb toxic metals released by boiling water.<br>“We’re not suggesting that everyone starts using tea leaves as a water filter,” said author Vinayak Dravid. “Our goal was to measure tea’s ability to adsorb heavy metals. By quantifying this effect, our work highlights the unrecognized potential for tea consumption to passively contribute to reduced <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/heavymetal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>heavymetal</span></a> exposure in populations worldwide”<br><a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/02/brewing-tea-removes-lead-from-water/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/science/2025/0</span><span class="invisible">2/brewing-tea-removes-lead-from-water/</span></a></p>