{"id":424,"date":"2019-09-29T04:44:43","date_gmt":"2019-09-29T09:44:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/?p=424"},"modified":"2019-09-29T04:44:43","modified_gmt":"2019-09-29T09:44:43","slug":"lead-in-turmeric-and-microplastics-in-tea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/2019\/09\/29\/lead-in-turmeric-and-microplastics-in-tea\/","title":{"rendered":"Lead in Turmeric and Microplastics in Tea"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Many traced the issue to the 1980s when a massive flood left turmeric crops wet and relatively dull in color. Demand for bright yellow curry led turmeric processors to add lead chromate\u2014an industrial yellow pigment commonly used to color toys and furniture\u2014to their product. The practice continued as a cheap, fast way to produce a desirable color.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

More:\u00a0Researchers find lead in turmeric<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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There\u2019s a new trend in tea \u2014 out with the old, flat paper tea bags and in with the pyramid-shaped mesh bags that allow bigger leaves extra breathing room. The bags, which have been around since at least 2006<\/a>, are sometimes called \u201csilken\u201d sachets. They can be made from hemp, corn-based plastics, nylon or PET (polyethylene terephthalate). But most often it\u2019s one of the latter two: plastics.<\/p>\n

But research out this week in Environmental Science & Technology<\/a><\/em> reveals that plastic tea bags are doing a lot more than holding on to your tea. When you steep them in hot water \u2014 AKA make tea \u2014 they break down just enough to release billions of plastic microparticles right into your beverage.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

More:\u00a0Plastic Tea Bags Release Billions of Microplastics Into Every Cup<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many traced the issue to the 1980s when a massive flood left turmeric crops wet and relatively dull in color. Demand for bright yellow curry led turmeric processors to add lead chromate\u2014an industrial yellow pigment commonly used to color toys Continue Reading<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":138,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environmental-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/138"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=424"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":428,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424\/revisions\/428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}