{"id":89255,"date":"2026-05-15T13:46:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T13:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=89255"},"modified":"2026-05-15T13:46:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T13:46:09","slug":"scientists-issue-urgent-warning-about-drinking-tea-as-research-reveals-your-kettle-can-release-up-to-3-billion-dangerous-microplastic-particles-into-your-cuppa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2026\/05\/15\/scientists-issue-urgent-warning-about-drinking-tea-as-research-reveals-your-kettle-can-release-up-to-3-billion-dangerous-microplastic-particles-into-your-cuppa\/","title":{"rendered":"Scientists issue urgent warning about drinking TEA \u2013 as research reveals your kettle can release up to 3 billion dangerous microplastic particles into your cuppa"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><div id=\"articleIconLinksContainer\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.com\/1s\/2026\/05\/15\/09\/108627825-15820377-The_first_boil_in_a_new_kettle_a_can_release_around_12_million_n-a-257_1778834042603.jpg\" alt=\"The first boil in a new kettle (a) can release around 12 million nanoparticles per millilitre.\u00a0After 150 boils (d), there are still 820,000 nanoparticles detected per millilitre, which equates to 205 million particles per 250ml cup of tea\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-mol-fe-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">For many Brits, the day doesn&#8217;t really start until that first cup of tea.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/sciencetech\/article-15820377\/Scientists-issue-urgent-warning-drinking-TEA.html\"> Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>For many Brits, the day doesn&#8217;t really start until that first cup of tea. Read More &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27997,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-89255","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Kettle.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89255"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89256,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89255\/revisions\/89256"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}