Modern people are in touch with pesticides on a daily basis. These chemicals can be found in the food we purchase from the stores, in the air we breathe at home and even in the parks.
So, if you want to avoid the negative impact of these chemicals, you should consider taking certain actions like eating organic and natural foods and preparing the food you buy from grocery stores in a better way. However, even when you take all the measures you can imagine, these dangerous pesticides will still affect you.
Namely, a scientific research conducted a few weeks ago, has discovered high levels of pesticides in some of the most used tea brands today like Tetley, Twinings and Lipton.
This investigation was led by CVC News and it was focused on the tea bags of these manufacturers and their products:
- Twinings
- Tetley
- King Cole
- Lipton, including Pure Green tea and Yellow Label Black tea
- Red Rose
- No Name
- Uncle Lee’s Legends of China, including Green Tea and Jasmine Green Tea
- Signal
- No Name – this brand with a catchy name has teas that have more than a dozen of different pesticides.
- Uncle Lee’s Legends of China – the green tea variety of this brand contains almost 20 kinds of pesticides. Of course, the worst one if endosulfan, a pesticide that will soon be banned in many countries around the globe because it leads to negative effects including nervous system disorders, fatalities and tremors.
- King Cole – this is another brand of teas rich in pesticides including monocrotophos. This pesticide has been associated with spontaneous defecation and irregular heartbeats.
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