Drinking tea is not good for your health, you must have often heard people saying this. But do you know that drinking tea in a paper cup can be even more dangerous? Yes, paper cups which are a replacement for plastic cups are also no less dangerous for your health. This has been revealed by the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur in a recent research. Which it was said that drinking tea in a disposable cup is as dangerous as drinking tea in a plastic cup. Let's know about this research in detail.

What is the aim of the research?

Talking about the main objective of this research on health, it was to understand whether disposable paper cups are safer for serving hot things than plastic. That is, whether the plastic present in the cup leaks when the disposable cup comes in contact with the hot thing or not. The researchers measured the plastic present in the paper cup twice, before and after serving, on the basis of the analysis of which this report has been prepared.

Tea turns into poison in 15 minutes.

Research data shows that if tea or coffee is kept in a paper cup for 15 minutes, the microplastic layer present in the cup starts to deteriorate. Plastic particles of 25000 microns start coming out from it. Tea containing such microplastics becomes poison for our health.

Microplastics are the enemy of health.

According to research, microplastics coming out of tea cups can be fatal for us. Due to this,s you can have problems ranging from normal to serious. This includes the risk of hormonal imbalance, weak immunity, and even fatal cancer. Therefore, you should avoid drinking tea in paper cups.