Friday, May 1, 2015

I can’t believe this semester is practically over!! I am pretty excited for the summer, but I am also a bit disappointed for the data I got for my research. My results are inconclusive, and this makes me a bit upset. The purpose of my research was to identify a decrease in mass for any of the plastic strips. Some of the plastic strips had a slightly weight decrease, but others had a weight INCREASE!! How did that happen?? Right now I don’t know what to make of my results, but I am still very passionate on the importance of bioremediation!!! Plastic is everywhere, and we need to do something about it. I have to sit down, and analyze the ways I could improve my experiment for the future. I am not giving up!!!
Plastic Waste is a serious problem!!
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2 comments:

  1. Do give up and here is an article the may provide you with some insight...

    http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es504038a

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  2. watch this Ted Talk

    http://www.ted.com/talks/two_young_scientists_break_down_plastics_with_bacteria

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