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Archive: https://archive.today/FIIqo

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>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 latex gloves release tiny particles called stearates, which closely resemble microplastics and can contaminate samples during testing. In some cases, this led to wildly exaggerated results, forcing researchers to track down the unexpected culprit.

Archive: https://archive.today/FIIqo From the post: >>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 latex gloves release tiny particles called stearates, which closely resemble microplastics and can contaminate samples during testing. In some cases, this led to wildly exaggerated results, forcing researchers to track down the unexpected culprit.
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wow so using plastic-likes on your hands contaminates your sample with plastic-likes that look like plastic when you measure them.

And I thought I was stupid.

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"Wear gloves to keep from contaminating the food!"

"Uhhh, about those gloves..."

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What a bunch of retards.

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Remind me again why I should care about an inert and nonreactive substance potentially contaminating my person in such small amounts that gloves foul the mesurement? I am far more worried about chromium and lead in my water and ergot and aflatoxin in my food.