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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
imageGloves 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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