I’ve just been reading the 2012 Greenpeace analysis on 18 samples of “medium grade” chinese tea from well known tea companies all of which, it is claimed, were found to contain a range of both legal and illegal pesticides. Its pretty sobering stuff. The impression I’m getting from this Greenpeace article (and from what Leo has commented) is that it is the cheaper/ lower quality (yet popular) tea brands that are likely to be tainted, so does this mean that higher quality teas are guaranteed to be a healthier, ‘cleaner’ product for both tea plantation workers and the consumer? Is there realistically any way we can be sure our daily cuppa isn’t laced with pesticides (especially highly toxic methomyl and endosulfan)?
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