As a result, we had to streak and restreak several times.

The top half is Elmer's wood glue.

And then we're ready to add the living organism.

This graph shows that our bacteria really do have a genetic pathway to biodegrade phthalates.

They can be absorbed by skin contact, ingested, and inhaled.

This means that our bacteria were actually living off of phthalates.

As a result, they easily escape into our environment.

Estelle...

Estelle?

So we figured, if there are places along our Fraser River that are contaminated with phthalates, and if there are bacteria that are able to live in these areas, then perhaps, perhaps these bacteria could have evolved to break down phthalates.

Next, combine the soy sauce, vinegar,

What should we have for dinner?

But for now,

Golly, Ester!

It's vinegar.

The first step in our project was to collect soil samples from three different sites along the Fraser River.

This implied that, if anything grew in our cultures, then they must be able to live off of phthalates.

I know some of you in the crowd are thinking, well, carbon dioxide is horrible, it's a greenhouse gas.

Wine? Nah, it's vinegar.

It's not wine, it's vinegar.

Not only do phthalates pollute our environment, but they also pollute our bodies.

Good night, Ester.

My personal favorite... raw cacao, chaga mushroom,

Tightly squeeze out the excess liquid, removing the salt as well.

We aimed to find bacteria from our local Fraser River that can degrade a harmful plasticizer called phthalates.

Vinegar has a sharp taste.

With this Pyongyang Neng Myun... you put the vinegar right onto the noodles.

Squeeze it with a citrus juicer, separating the juice.

Estel, you are simply our Hope.

Aluminum buffer action, aluminum hydroxide is what we think it is, uh, plus the barium carbonate, strontium titanate, strontium oxides, barium oxides, probably some aluminum oxides in there.

We read that each year, the Vancouver municipal government monitors phthalate concentration levels in rivers to assess their safety.

Out of thousands of bacteria, we wanted to find ones that could break down phthalates, so we enriched our cultures with phthalates as the only carbon source.

That's right.

And with that call, my life would change forever.

Soup does very well without Maybe it's always pepper that makes people hot tempered,' she went on, very much pleased at having found out a new kind of rule,

We hope that in the near future, we'll be able to create model organisms that can break down not only phthalates but a wide variety of different contaminants.

And this is an amino acid.

Tell me with the phenylacetic acid solution you said 150 drops per minute for the first 10 minutes and then 90 for the remainder.

Acid?

Now this store, it was almost like going to an amusement park.

I'll have the Balsamic vinegar and oil but on the side.

Good wine also turns into vinegar sometimes.

I thought it was quite an interesting experiment in the principles of rocket science.

So Miranda and I shared this research at the Sanofi BioGENEius Challenge competition and were recognized with the greatest commercialization potential.

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