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Tea Sunrise > wrote:
>Since a lot of the tea we drink comes from China and Indonesia, are
>you ever worried that the tea leaves were sprayed with pesticides such
>as DDT or other harmful chemicals? I'd hate to think that I could
>be drinking a cup full of toxins or pesticides along with my EGCG.

Chinese farming methods are all over the place, and some of them are
pretty nasty, yes.

>Is the correct move to switch to organic teas? Does anyone really
>know if tea bushes are completely safe for consumption?

If you drink tea from mainland China, it does not matter whether there
is an organic label on it or not; you cannot really have any idea about
pesticide contamination without actual measurement.

If this worries you, drink tea from Taiwan instead.
--scott

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