Has anyone heard of or read this report:
"Tea bags can cure sick building syndrome. People who move intoa new house can suffer nausea and sore throats due to the chemicals from fresh paint and glue. One of the chielf culprits is formaldehyde. Now the Tokyo Metropolitan Consumer Center has found that tea bags scattered around the house soak up the formaldehyde, aided by tannin in the tea. They found that the concentration of formaldehyde in the air fell between 60 and 90 percent. Dry black or green tea is said to work best."

Natural Health Newsletter
July 22, 2000

Has the been scientifically tested? Also, is it recommended to use wet tea bags or dry ones?

It sounds reasonable but like you would need a ton of tea.
Not sure exactly how it would work because I would think wet tea bags would stain and dry ones wouldn't be as effective.

HHMMMM... I wonder if LIPTON funded that research study... never heard of it...
Mike

If you are interested here is some literature, no mention of tea bags though. Sick Building Syndrome | Publications | Indoor Air | Air | US EPA (http://www.epa.gov/iaq/pubs/sbs.html#Solutions%20to%20Sick%20Building%20Syndro me) I suspect like most home remedies there is a sliver of truth or fact but I have not seen anyone try to market tea bags as an air cleaner, you would think they would if it actually helped.

Thanks