Abstract:Tea is one of the most popular beverages in the world,
but toxic
metals in tea could threaten human health. The toxic metal pollution
status of tea in China at a national level remains unclear. Here,
we detected the cadmium (Cd) and arsenic (As) concentrations of tea
collected from 22 provinces in China. The major points are the following:
(1) average concentrations of Cd and As of tea samples in China were
1.163 and 0.485 mg/kg, respectively; the Cd but not As levels exceeded
the standards from the Ministry o… Show more
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