The process of brewing tea was shown to remove toxic heavy metals from drinking water in a new study from Northwestern University in Illinois. The researchers explain the findings to Fox News Digital.

Scientists found that a widely consumed beverage may help reduce harmful contaminants, such as lead and cadmium, in your water. Plenty of science shows just how great having a daily cup of tea can ...

Harmful metals like lead and cadmium naturally stick to tea leaves during brewing, effectively removing them from water. The longer tea is steeped, the more metals are removed, with up to 15 ...

The researchers created water solutions with known amounts of lead and other metals (chromium, copper, zinc and cadmium), and then heated the solutions to just below boiling temperature.