Fluoride Content in Asian Produced Green Teas.
February 9, 2021
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Journal of the Canadian Dental Association
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Ing ME, Magnuson BE, Frantz DL.
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87:l3.
Background:
This study determined the fluoride content of green tea from various parts of Asia, where green tea originates.
Methods
We brewed 2.5 g each of 4 types of green tea (from China, South Korea, Japan and Sri Lanka) using deionized water heated to boiling. Water was cooled to 71°C, then tea was steeped for 2 minutes. This process was repeated 20 times, thus providing 20 samples for each tea type. In addition, 20 control samples of deionized water were brewed to the same specificati