On Sep 22, 8:51 am, dank > wrote:
> George Cherry wrote...
> > "Juhana Harju" > wrote in message
> >>Have you considered that tea leaves have a very high content of fluoride?
>
> > Perhaps not as much as the tea infusion:
>
> > Fluoride Content of tea
>
> > Leaf tea
> > Fluoride concentration in tea infusion 1.12 (mg/ l )
> > Dissolvable fluoride in tea leaf 0.28 (mg/ g)
>
> > Bagged tea
> > Fluoride concentration in tea infusion 2.08 (mg/ l )
> > Dissolvable fluoride in tea leaf 0.52 (mg/ g)
>
> > (Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology (2003)
> > 13, 66 - 73)
> > this is by a team in Taiwan.
>
> That sucks because I am addicted to green tea. I consume at least 4 tea
> bags a day (served with fruit juices, honey, and ginseng extract, yum!)
> and the thought that it could be unhealthy is terrifying. Is the high
> level of fluoride the result of biology or soil contamination?

It's both botany and the characteristics of the soil and often water,
as well.
Shen