“Some people brew their tea for a matter of seconds, and they are not going to get a lot of remediation. But brewing tea for longer periods or even overnight — like iced tea — will recover most of the metal or maybe even close to all of the metal in the water,” Shindel explained.

Among other things, tea has already been shown to reduce depression, reduce the risk of diabetes, and possibly even extend its drinkers' lifespans. New research now indicates that tea also removes toxic heavy metals from the water in which it's being brewed.

Brewing tea may help filter lead from water, but it depends on the type, grind, bag and steep time, a new study has found.

Brewing tea with certain bags can remove heavy metals like lead from water, per Northwestern University study.

In a new study, Northwestern University researchers demonstrated that brewing tea naturally adsorbs heavy metals like lead and cadmium, effectively filtering dangerous contaminants out of drinks. Heavy metal ions stick to, or adsorb to, the surface of the tea leaves, where they stay trapped until the used tea bag is disposed of.

According to the study, heavy metals get ‘adsorbed’ by brewing tea, a process by which ions or molecules stick to the surface of another molecule, creating a film on its surface. Here is what to know.

Brewing tea helps remove heavy metals like lead and cadmium by naturally filtering them out of the water, according to the latest research. During

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.