The Benefits and Risks of Consuming Brewed Tea: Beware of Toxic Element Contamination
Background. Increasing concern is evident about contamination of foodstuffs and natural health products. Methods. Common off-the-shelf varieties of black, green, white, and oolong teas sold in tea bags were used for analysis in this study. Toxic element testing was performed on 30 different teas by...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2013-01-01
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Series: | Journal of Toxicology |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/370460 |