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Scientists may be overestimating the amount of microplastics in the environment – and the culprit is lab gloves

  • Written by Anne McNeil, Professor of Chemistry and Macromolecular Science and Engineering, University of Michigan
Scientists may be overestimating the amount of microplastics in the environment – and the culprit is lab glovesGloves used in the laboratory that led to microplastic overestimation.Madeline Clough

It seems like every day a new study finds tiny plastic particles called microplastics where they should not be: in our bodies and our food, water and air.

Yet finding and identifying microplastics is extremely challenging, especially given their small size. One...

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