Nothing is Wrong with Tea Bags

Recently, I heard some of my friends talked about the danger of using tea in a bag. I was not interested in this topic at first. I am not a big tea drinker and I simply prefer water and fruit juices above all kind of beverages. However, one of my friend who really believes that tea bags are dangerous started to give some scientific evidences and explanations. She told me that the tea producers put epichlorohydrin in the tea bags material. For your information, that chemical can also be used as pesticide. She also told me that the consumption of this chemical can lead to cancer, infertility, and weakening the human immune system.

For me this matter has been greatly exaggerated. I do not get the idea of blaming the tea producers after decades or even centuries of using it. I tried to google the case of people died because of the material used in tea bags. The result was, I couldn’t hardly find any news or reports about it.

Furthermore, I believe that this is not the first time people are going crazy about the chemical content of the wrappers. Not long ago, people were also crazy about the BPA content in mineral water bottle. They said that it contains BPA that can lead to obesity because it ruins the hormonal system in our bodies. Regarding to that matter, I also haven’t found any reports of death caused by the usage of bottled water.

Quoted from the ratetea.com, the tea bags are made of nylon which is a type of synthetic fabrics. Even though it is made of synthetic material, the tea bags are still very safe to be used because nylon has a really high heat resistance. The molecules will not break even on the temperature of boiling water. This, then proved that the speculations about the dangerous of tea bags are really non-sense.

Nylon Tea Bags (Source: https://cdn.images.express.co.uk)

I once again would like to state my disagreement toward the bad rumors about the dangers of tea bags. I feel like that there is nothing to be afraid of for using the tea bags in daily basis. The government has guaranteed to us that it is safe to use according to the food and health standard.

Source:

https://ratetea.com/topic/nylon-tea-bags/30/