Researchers at the University of Michigan have identified a hidden source of error in microplastic measurements: the gloves ...

When Florida State University began moving students and faculty out of the historic Dittmer Chemistry Lab building in the ...

It seems like every day a new study finds tiny plastic particles called microplastics where they should not be: in our bodies ...

Even though groundwater only makes up an estimated 0.61% of the water on Earth, it accounts for 98% of the available freshwater (Fetter, 1999). In many parts of the world (including southwestern North ...

Researchers at the University of Michigan report that residue from nitrile and latex gloves can transfer polymer fragments ...

Mycoplasma contamination is prevalent in cell culture labs: in one study, researchers identified mycoplasma contamination in 11% of the 10,000 cell lines they tested (Olarerin-George et al. 2015).

Laboratory space should be surveyed with filter wipe smears to check for loose contamination. The frequency at which a survey must be taken is based on radiation use/storage. See below: All survey ...