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		dehrmann 27 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ordinary Lab Gloves May Have Skewed Microplastic D... Latex gloves aren't plastic.

culi 27 days ago [–]

Nitrile is though. And latex is arguably just a natural plastic (maybe the natural plastic). There is also synthetic latex though I'm not sure if that's used for gloves

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