Scientists have discovered that tea leaves don’t just make a soothing drink — they can also absorb harmful heavy metals from ...

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 ...

Tea leaves can remove heavy metals such as lead, cadmium and chromium from water. And steeping time has the biggest impact.

Tested varieties included black, green, oolong ... going to get a lot of remediation. But brewing tea for longer periods or even overnight — like iced tea — will recover most of the metal ...

These included “true” teas such as black, green, oolong and white ... a lot of remediation. But brewing tea for longer periods or even overnight — like iced tea — will recover most ...

Among other things, tea ... the brewing period was over, the scientists analyzed the water samples to see how the heavy metal levels had changed (if at all). True teas such as black, green ...