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

By Anne McNeil, Professor of Chemistry and Macromolecular Science and Engineering, University of Michigan
Madeline Clough, Ph.D. Candidate in Chemistry, University of Michigan

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,…

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