Scientists Shocked To Find Lab Gloves May Be Skewing Microplastics Data…

Scientists Shocked To Find Lab Gloves May Be Skewing Microplastics Data - Slashdot

Researchers found that common nitrile and latex lab gloves can shed stearate particles that closely resemble microplastics, potentially "increasing the risk of false positives when studying microplastic pollution," reports ScienceDaily. "We may be overestimating microplastics, but there should be ...