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Here are the three worst tea brands when it comes to containing pesticides. These are well-respected companies, which makes it even more shocking that their products are such poor quality!

Uncle Lee’s Legends of China (Green Tea):

This brand of tea contains over 20 different types of pesticides, including endosulfan, which is currently in the process of being banned from many different countries due to its health and environment effects. Side effects of endosulfan consumption include tremors and other effects on the nervous system, and in some cases eating foods containing endosulfan has resulted in death.

No Name
Although it comes nowhere close to Uncle Lee’s Green Tea, it still contains over 10 different types of pesticides.

King Cole
This tea is not as heavily laden with pesticides as the No Name brand above it, but it does have a wider variety of pesticides, including the soon-to-be-banned monocrotophos, which is known to cause involuntary defecation, irregular heartbeat and has also been known to induce comas.

Despite the evidence, many in the industry maintain that their products are safe to consume and aren't any worse that any other kind of tea. This includes James O’ Young, vice president of Uncle Lee’s Legends of China, which contained the most pesticides of any tea in the study.

“If you drink tea, regular tea, I don’t care what brand it is, the fact of life, this agricultural product does have pesticides,” O’Young said.

O’Young made this statement ignoring the fact that CBC’s investigation found that, out of the 10 different tea brands tested, Red Rose was the only product that came back completely free of pesticides. This proves that not only is it possible to cultivate tea without having pesticide residue on it, but that representatives from big corporations are blatantly lying to us about it.

Do You Drink Tea?

We do love a nice hot cup of tea, but after reading this article we're definitely going to be more picky about which brands we buy. Drinking a steaming cup of tea hardly seems relaxing when it may be loaded with potentially deadly ingredients.

Tell Us Which Brands!

Article Source: The Hearty Soul