Tea Pesticides Harmless: Feds

Imported tea that violates federal standards on pesticide content is probably harmless, says Health Canada. The department’s Canadian Food Inspection Agency calculated a consumer would have to guzzle litres of tea daily to “elicit an adverse health effect” from trace chemicals: “75 cups a day”.

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