Even as concerns are being raised over the presence of dangerous microplastics in tea bags, salt and sugar, the country’s premier organisation the government-owned Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) is in the dark on the issue, information obtained via the RTI route shows.

City-based NGO NatConnect Foundation has sought to know from the ICMR if there are any official guidelines issued in view of the  “disturbing reports including from the World Health Organisation” about the microplastic danger from green tea sachets.