There’s an alternative to water purifying filters. The herb that does the trick...

We could be seeing cilantro tea bags on the market soon. 

That’s because scientists have discovered that cilantro has the power to purify water. They’ve been experimenting on water near Mexico City and determined that the compounds in cilantro actually absorb the toxic heavy metals in contaminated water. Just one handful of cilantro is enough to purify a standard pitcher of water. Researchers say tea bags filled with cilantro could be an effective, inexpensive method of purifying drinking water in contaminated regions.