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Lab gloves may contaminate samples, inflating microplastics measurements
Researchers at the University of Michigan report that residue from nitrile and latex gloves can transfer polymer fragments ...
Scientists typically use vibrational spectroscopy to analyze samples. They bounce light off a microscopic fragment and ...
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Lab gloves shed particles that fool microplastic detectors, inflating counts by 20x
Standard nitrile and latex lab gloves shed hydrocarbons called stearates - particles added by manufacturers to keep gloves ...
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