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 ...

A scientific study reveals that gloves used in laboratories may be contaminating and skewing data on microplastics.

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 ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — A simple recycling program at Purdue University shows that even the smallest gestures go a long way when it comes to sustainability. Since fall 2014, laboratories in the ...

A man tossing a blue medical glove into the trash, seen from the trash bin’s perspective. Nitrile rubber is used to make a variety of products such as gloves, but the material is difficult to recycle.

The topic of micro- and nanoplastics (MNPs) has become increasingly prevalent over the past years, as amidst dismissal and panic, researchers attempt to distinguish just how much of a problem MNPs ...