contamination

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Despite this challenge, Clough and McNeil, working with graduate student Eduardo Ochoa Rivera and statistics professor Ambuj Tewari, developed methods to separate true microplastics from glove-related contamination.

From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026

The contamination comes from stearates, which are not plastics but can closely resemble them during testing.

From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026

It said: "These products may contain mouse contamination making them unsafe to eat."

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

Smilowitz added that these fine details, like contamination during sampling or preparation, or if the products were tested in powder form or prepared formula, matter in understanding the results.

From Salon • Mar. 20, 2026

“They didn’t send them to you frozen?” the scientist asked, knowing that contamination could have occurred while they thawed.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot