A few months ago we bought 18 tea products at random from nine tea companies in China, and after sending the samples to be tested discovered that a whopping 12 of the 18 samples contained at least one pesticide banned for use on tea. Pesticides like methomyl and endosulfan, the latter of which has been banned globally under the Stockholm Convention due to its toxic properties.


All 18 samples contained at least three pesticides. One sample - Richun's Tieguanyin 803 tea - even showed up with 17 different kinds of pesticides! A total of 14 samples were found to have the kind of pesticides that may affect fertility, harm an unborn child or cause heritable genetic damage.


Seven of those firms from whom we bought tea are among China's top 10 tea sellers. The tea products included green tea, oolong tea and jasmine tea, and were purchased from stores located in Beijing, Chengdu and Haikou. Read our report to see which brands we tested.
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