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• University of Michigan Study Reveals Lab Gloves Significantly Inflate Environmental Microplastics Data Through Chemical Contamination

  Published: Mar 30, 2026

  Section: Environment

  A groundbreaking study from the University of Michigan has identified common nitrile and latex lab gloves as a major source of false-positive results in microplastics research. Par...

• University of Michigan Study Identifies Laboratory Gloves as Source of Significant Microplastic Overestimation

  Published: Mar 26, 2026

  Section: Science & Tech

  Researchers at the University of Michigan have discovered that nitrile and latex gloves commonly used in environmental science can shed stearate particles that mimic microplastics....