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 ...
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 ...
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Are scientists’ lab gloves making microplastic pollution look worse than it really is?
In A Nutshell Common lab gloves can leave behind residues that look like microplastics under standard tests. A single touch can create thousands of false positives, potentially skewing pollution data.
Students in the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences and those studying forensic psychology may encounter difficulty in their statistics and research methods classes, but the Statistics and ...
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