Tea Removes Heavy Metals

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Brewing tea can remove lead and other heavy metals from water, new study finds

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More than 5 billion cups of tea are drunk each day , making it second only to water as the most consumed drink on the planet.

A new study found that brewing tea removes charged ions from heavy metals in water by chemically bonding with them.

This, in turn, makes the heavy metals stick to the tea leaves, pulling them from the water.

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