Your daily cup of tea might do more than help you relax -- it could also help remove harmful heavy metals from your dr ...

Researchers found that compounds in black and green tea leaves acted like “little Velcro” hooks on lead molecules. By Alexander Nazaryan Tea leaves pull heavy metals from water, significantly ...

Getting the perfect cup of tea starts with using the right amount of loose-leaf tea. Here's how much you should measure out ...

A new study from Northwestern University suggests that tea leaves can naturally remove harmful heavy metals like lead from ...

Researchers tested different types of tea, tea bags and brewing methods. Finely ground black tea leaves performed best at removing toxic heavy metals. Longer steeping times helped tea remove ...

Scanning electron microscope image of black tea leaves, magnified by 300 times. Black tea, which is wilted and fully oxidized, exhibits a wrinkled and surface, potentially increasing the available ...

The Evanston researchers discovered brewed black, green and other tea leaves can remove dangerous contaminants as the leaves act like a sponge.

With their wrinkled surfaces, black tea leaves, shown above at 300 times magnification, provide ample space for the adsorption of lead. (Credit: Vinayak P. David Group/Northwestern University) Want a ...

Tea is full of health boosting benefits, but we probably drink too much of it. Are we better off switching to decaf?

That comforting hot cup of tea—or refreshing glass of iced tea on a hot summer day—could help reduce the amount of toxic metals in drinking water, according to a new paper published in the ...

For better focus, less jitteriness and improved gut health, try green tea -- a lower-caffeine alternative to coffee.

With the warmer weather now starting to break through, gardens are slowly starting to come back to life after the long winter ...