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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Main Authors: Gerry Schwalfenberg, Stephen J. Genuis, Ilia Rodushkin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:Journal of Toxicology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/370460