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[โ€“] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

i remember reading recently that it was discovered that a lot of studies regarding microplastics are likely wrong. because nitrile gloves used to operate in the laboratory gives off microplastics, so there is basically no uncontaminated samples.

so, always check your presumably "clean" samples too!

[โ€“] RustyShackleford@piefed.social 4 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

You might, or might not be surprised to hear I tested for variables like that regularly lol.