Simon Spichak finished his MSc at University College Cork, where he studied the interactions between the microbes in the gut and the brain. He became interested in science communication during his ...

Tea is known to be one of the healthiest beverages — and the benefits aren’t just what’s in the cup, but what’s not in it. The process of brewing tea was shown to remove toxic heavy metals from ...

Tea leaves can remove heavy metals such as lead, cadmium and chromium from water. And steeping time has the biggest impact. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Harmful metals like lead and cadmium naturally stick to tea leaves during brewing, effectively removing them from water. The ...

A new study conducted by researchers from Northwestern University could have more consumers increasing their tea habit. The researchers discovered that brewing tea could be an effective way to remove ...

New findings shed light on the mechanisms behind a natural purification process and identify the key microbial "teammates" that enable mosses to remove metals from water. A promising moss species was ...

A new study found that brewing tea can remove toxic heavy metals like lead and cadmium from drinking water by adsorbing them onto the leaves and bags. Researchers said steeping time plays a major role ...