When Good Intentions Go Bad

When Good Intentions Go Bad

False Positive Microplastic Detection Caused by Disposable Gloves

The paper shows that well meant is not always well done. It deals with the question of blank value entries and how "one" should handle them. It shows that disposable gloves can be a source of false positive PE findings, as they can be coated with sterates, for example, which can be confused with PE by all analytical methods (pyr-GC/MS and spectroscopy). In addition, this study shows that it is important to examine blank values and that a process blank value carried along with all steps is useful to avoid false positive results.

Magazine
Environmental Science & Technology
DOI
10.1021/acs.est.0c03742
Year
2020
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Author
Authors
Cordula S. Witzig
Corinna Földi
Katharina Wörle
Peter Habermehl
Marco Pittroff
Yanina K. Müller
Tim Lauschke
Peter Fiener
Georg Dierkes
Korbinian P. Freier
Nicole Zumbülte
Citation

Cordula S. Witzig, Corinna Földi, Katharina Wörle, Peter Habermehl, Marco Pittroff, Yanina K. Müller, Tim Lauschke, Peter Fiener, Georg Dierkes, Korbinian P. Freier, and Nicole Zumbülte (2020): When Good Intentions Go Bad—False Positive Microplastic Detection Caused by Disposable Gloves. Environmental Science & Technology, 3 September.

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