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Comment by DangitBobby

2 hours ago

You see how it's a bit of a self-starting problem?

Let's say you want to determine the amount of microplastics in ocean water samples.

You'd create a control by creating saline solution with distilled water and sodium chloride. Then you treat both the control and your sample(s) the same way in the analysis.

Surely something should tick you off when the microplastic levels aren't much lower in your control compared to your actual sample?