Chemical Residues Found in Oolong Tea
This from yesterday’s China Post/Asia News Network:
“TAIPEI, Taiwan – The Oolong tea variety sold at the National Palace Museum (NPM) has been found to contain two toxic pesticides by toxicity tests, according to the results of tests done on teas sold in the NPM that were revealed yesterday by the Taipei City health department.
Health inspectors found 0.12 ppm of Flufenoxuron and 0.16 ppm of Ethion in a randomly selected sample of oolong tea with an expiration date of Sept. 15, 2011 distributed by iTea.
Flufenoxuron is a carcinogen, and prolonged exposure to Ethion may cause neural damages. Regulations do not allow for any trace of either toxin to be present in tea products.
Quickly responding to the findings, the museum has dissolved its contract with iTea and will return all of its iTea products in inventory at NPM, Feng Ming-chu, deputy director of NPM announced.”
http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Asia/Story/A1Story20091117-180501.html
