Ingredients in plastic test tubes can block some biological reactions while testing the efficacy of drugs, and thereby lead researchers to bogus conclusions, according to a new study. University of ...

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Worries over a chemical that may seep out of some plastics has caused many consumers to abandon reusable water bottles. Now scientists might want to do the same thing with their test tubes. It seems ...