It's good you can pause and catch your self. I just wrote about this in a separate topic.
Concerning tea bags- not all tea bags are dangerous. But a lot sell their tea bags with a plastic glue to keep things sealed which at high temperatures it seeps out into the water as microplastics. One study showed 11.6 billion microplastic particles per cup- and excessive microplastics interferes with your hormones.
They say it's basically like boiling a plastic bottle in hot water and then drinking the water. Teas imported from China and India with less regulations also have tons of pesticides. One study showed a tea from Ethiopia to have DDT, a pesticide that is banned in the states.
The big offenders are considered:
Tetley
Celestial Seasonings
Twinnings
Uncle Lee's
Lipton
Signal
King Cole
I would share the information with you but I can't copy and paste it over so this is me transcribing it for you. I get my information from the evil food supply channel:
https://www.youtube.com/@EvilFoodSupplyAnd, if you want to support a local Houston tea shop you can buy amazing high quality loose leaf tea here:
https://thepathoftea.com/Thanks
