> wrote:
>
>> How do you know? Much of it comes from China, a place rather known for
>> food contamination and overuse of pesticides. It could turn out to be
>> toxic for all any of us know.
>
>Interesting. I have also often heard it. That is pretty scarrying.
>Why drink tea (or eat/drink any other product) if it is contaminated? …
>Is there a way to "test" our teas for the presence of pesticides? (I
>mean an efficient and not much expansive way.)

I don't know, but this is a very good question. Part of the problem is that
while it can be easy to look for one contaminant, the number of possible ones
is very large.
--scott


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