evidence: Plastic in tea bags is the subject of one of the most attention-grabbing reports on tea in recent years. It appeared in late September 2019 and within a day was being widely posted, in general news sites, and tea, food and medical posts. It describes the finding of a small scale, focused study that the plastic breaks up into billions of "micro-particles" and "nano-particles" when brewed at the normal heat and for the normal time. [...] The counterview is that there is no evidence of harm from plastic particle ingestion so muffle the alarm bells. That’s the stated position of the World Health Organization. The plastic is excreted and found in human feces without affecting the body’s cells or remaining in internal organs. The Tea and Herbal Association of Canada issued a statement immediately following the publication of the McGill study that the two plastics in the bags have been approved as entirely safe in hot food and beverages. The rapidly emerging innovation path among the leading tea bag brands is to get rid of plastic entirely and reports on the article are misleading in their frequent statements that the reverse trend is dominant. [...] - Avoid plastic tea bags completely: you can check out where a brand stands in the move to biodegradable bags – if you really prefer bagged tea – by seeing what it highlights on its Web site. Look for the elite B Corporations that pass a thorough certification process for social contribution, of which environmentally safe packaging is a core factor.