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On 18 Sep, 17:02, Will Yardley wrote:
> It would be interesting to do some tests and see if rinsing tea leaves
> before brewing them actually results in a significant decrease in
> pesticide residue etc..


There was a study in the UK recently (read about it in a newspaper
about a month or two ago, sorry don't have any more specific info)
that was testing the benefits of washing your fruit to remove
pesticides. They found that washing removes dirt and that is good. But
any chemicals appear to penetrate the skin of the fruit. They found
that washing did not reduce the amount of chemicals, but peeling did.
The conclusion was that most pesticides end up accumulating in the
skin of fruit.

My assumption from this would be that rinsing tea won't get rid of any
pesticides.

Robby