Brewing Tea Can Remove Significant Amount of Toxic Metals from Water
February 26, 2025
Good news for tea lovers—your daily brew may also be purifying the water. Vinayak Dravid and first author Benjamin Shindel have shown that brewing tea naturally adsorbs heavy metals like lead and cadmium, effectively filtering dangerous contaminants. The heavy metal ions stick to the surface of the tea leaves, where they remain trapped.