Since a lot of the tea we drink comes from China and Indonesia, are
you ever worried that the tea leaves were sprayed with pesticides such
as DDT or other harmful chemicals? I'd hate to think that I could
be drinking a cup full of toxins or pesticides along with my EGCG.

Is the correct move to switch to organic teas? Does anyone really
know if tea bushes are completely safe for consumption?

Any input is highly appreciated. thanks.

On Sep 16, 2:32 am, Tea Sunrise gmail.com> wrote:

Since there're a lot of organic teas to try, I'm switching to organic
tea for the time being for a lot of my teas. You can get organic
Assams, Nilgiris, Ceylons, and whites. Oolongs are more difficult.
Toci

Drink at your own risk. Organic tea from China does not exist.

i try to drink organic tea but i think even non organic teas are
generally quite safe

On Sep 16, 3:32 am, Tea Sunrise gmail.com> wrote:

There is no such thing really as organic tea (my belief in any so-
called organic food is minimal at best anyhow though) Mainly for the
fact that no one can control the ground/soil contents or the rain,
atmosphere, runoff, etc. regardless of what they do. It is a fact of
life today. This whole "organic" business is just that, a business.

I have always said from day 1 that I fully believe any perceived
health benefits in tea are nullified by environmental/handling/
processing issues. I just hope the balance is in favor of the health
side and less on the dark side. But it is always just that, a hope.

I have seen "organic" okra test so high for uranium it was off the
charts. I've seen artesian wells test high for lead, cyanide, and a
host of other nasty things... the bottom line is that with tea it...

On Sep 16, 6:21 am, Mydnight hotmail.com> wrote:

Upton has a bunch of Chineses organic teas. What is the
"miscommunication?" Toci

On Sep 16, 10:54 am, toci yahoo.com> wrote:

I think the "miscommunication" can be the standards by which "organic"
is determined. There is a "world" standard, a US standard" and here in
California, very rigid standards.
The criteria have to do with...

On Sep 16, 6:32 pm, Refolo wrote:

pesticides are organic and biodegradable

On Sep 16, 6:32 pm, Refolo wrote:

I understand this, and I'm also not going to come down on anyone who
want to eat only "organic" products... fine by me. But I will say that
it matters not one bit whether *you* use pesticides, if the crop...

On Sep 16, 3:32 am, Tea Sunrise gmail.com> wrote:

I completely agree with you. I recently read a newspaper article
about a woman who became ill due to drinking green tea which was
contaminated with DDT (she drink the same tea for a couple of years -...