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XorNot 9 hours ago

If you read the article you'd find that what they are finding are not microplastics - they're stearates[1]

These are soap-like chemicals used as mould release agents on gloves, but what also means are chemically similar to plastics when analyzed by some techniques and under a microscope will spontaneously form micelle-structures which look very similar to microplastics (you can't exactly get in there and poke them).

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stearic_acid

scorpionfeet 9 hours ago | parent [-]

“if you read the article”

Now why would anyone do that when the headline already supports their uninformed opinion?