CBC News conducted an investigation on the pesticide levels of most major tea-producing companies.

These companies included:

• Lipton (Pure Green Tea and Yellow

Label Black Tea)
• Tetley
• Twinings
• Red Rose
• No Name
• Uncle Lee’s Legends of China
(Green Tea and Jasmine Green
Tea)
• King Cole
• Signal
Heath and Environmental
Hazards of Pesticides
• The use of synthetic
pesticides and other
chemicals results in
contamination and
adulteration of food,
degradation and
pollution of soil, water
and air, and increased
morbidity and mortality
for the exposed
population.