Researchers at the University of Michigan report that residue from nitrile and latex gloves can transfer polymer fragments into lab workflows that may be misidentified as microplastics, potentially ...

Every time a researcher snaps on a pair of disposable gloves to handle an environmental sample, they might be unknowingly skewing their own results without realizing it. A new study has found that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A story that caught our eye claims scientists may be overestimating the amount of microplastics in the environment because they're ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Yet finding and identifying microplastics is extremely challenging, especially given ...

Nitrile and latex gloves that scientists wear while they are measuring microplastics may lead to a potential overestimation of the tiny pollutants, according to a University of Michigan study. The ...

Walk into any medical examining room, chemistry lab or clean room and you won’t have to look far to see boxes of lab gloves. They’re often racked on the wall, sometimes three or four high, where ...

Disposable elastic gloves are widely used in scientific laboratories and in many industries for the handling of critical surfaces. Typically, they are made from nitrile or latex rubber and provide the ...