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

A new study conducted by researchers from Northwestern University could have more consumers increasing their tea habit. The ...

New research found that steeping tea can remove harmful heavy metals like lead and cadmium from drinking water. Here's how to ...

Harmful metals like lead and cadmium naturally stick to tea leaves during brewing, effectively removing them from water. The longer tea is steeped, the more metals are removed, with up to 15 percent ...

Good news for tea lovers: That daily brew might be purifying the water, too. In a new study, Northwestern University researchers demonstrated that brewing tea naturally adsorbs heavy metals like ...

Brewing tea is good for your health as it purifies the water by removing toxins, reveals new research. The brewing process removes "significant" amounts of toxic heavy metals from drinking water ...

Good news for tea lovers: That daily brew might be purifying the water, too. In a new study, Northwestern University researchers demonstrated that brewing tea naturally adsorbs heavy metals like ...

Brewing tea may naturally adsorb heavy metals such as lead and cadmium, according to the study published Monday in the journal ACS Food Science & Technology. “Adsorb” refers to the ability of ...

New research now indicates that tea also removes toxic heavy metals from the water in which it's being brewed. The study was conducted at Northwestern University in Illinois, by a team led by Prof.