Phthalates are additives used in every plastic products to increase their flexibility, durability and transperancy.
-2. Where can we find them?
We can find phthalates in almost every plastic products: cosmetics, baby's toys, beverage containers, food wraps...
-3. Are they dangerous? Why?
Phthales not only pollute the environment,they also pollute our bodies. They easily escape to our environment and are found in products in which we have a high expousure. They can be absorbed by skin contact, ingested, inhaled...
-4. What are the two young scientists trying to do?
These two young scientists want to find a way to destroy phthalates, using a bacteria that has evolved and lives of them.
-5. Opinion about their work:
I think these two young scientists are doing a magnificent work. Solving essencial problems for the natural environement such as the plastic waste. They also teach us a great lesson by saying that by mistakes we can create, discover, invent new things.
-6. What is an accident? Is always a bad thing?
An accident is something that was not predicted to happen. Not all accidents are bad things. As these two scientists say, the discovery of the penicilin was made due to an accident. Other discoveries made by mistake were the invention/discovery of the "smart dust" (a graduate student was working with silicon chips, when they shattered and she discovered that they were sending signals by themselfs), the discovery of the theory of the Big Bang as well as the discovery of the radioactivity were also made due to mistakes and accidents.
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