The topic of micro- and nanoplastics (MNPs) has become increasingly prevalent over the past years, as amidst dismissal and ...
Lab gloves contaminate microplastics research with stearate salts that mimic plastic signatures, creating false positives ...
Metallic stearates, widely used as lubricants, stabilizers, and release agents, play a crucial role in enhancing ...
A University of Michigan researcher stumbled upon a crucial caveat for every study of microplastics—lab gloves may have ...
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Scientists tracking the microplastic pollution just realized they were measuring their own lab gloves
We should not underestimate the prevalence of microplastics. They are everywhere—in our rivers, our lungs, and even in our blood. But researchers tracking this global pollution crisis may have ...
Researchers discovered a standard piece of lab equipment has added thousands of microplastic ‘false positives’ per each ...
A common lab error involving latex and nitrile gloves may have led to significant overestimations in global microplastics ...
Study shows lab gloves release stearates, inflating microplastics data. Cleanroom gloves improve research accuracy.
It seems like every day a new study finds tiny plastic particles called microplastics where they should not be: in our bodies ...
Researchers found that plastic gloves can transfer microplastic particles onto environmental samples, potentially skewing ...
Scientists may have been unknowingly inflating microplastics pollution estimates, and the surprising source could be their own lab gloves. A University of Michigan study found that common nitrile and ...
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