Hope • April 5, 2026

Scientists Discover Lab Gloves Are Skewing Microplastics Data – Perhaps By A Lot

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Scientists Discover Lab Gloves Are Skewing Microplastics Data – Perhaps By A Lot

A University of Michigan researcher stumbled upon a crucial caveat for every study of microplastics that has been scaring us for years now. Lab gloves may have skewed the data in the research. She discovered that residue from latex or nitrile gloves may be unintentionally contaminating lab equipment used to measure microplastics in the air

A University of Michigan researcher stumbled upon a crucial caveat for every study of microplastics that has been scaring us for years now. Lab gloves may have skewed the data in the research. She discovered that residue from latex or nitrile gloves may be unintentionally contaminating lab equipment used to measure microplastics in the air
Originally published on Good News Network.

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