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How We Got Here
In Episode Two of The Plastic Age, we go back to the origins of one of humanity’s most transformative inventions and ask a deceptively simple question: What exactly is plastic?
From the search for an alternative to elephant ivory, to the invention of Bakelite and the rise of synthetic polymers, Dr. Elie Haddad traces the remarkable scientific breakthroughs that gave humanity the ability to create materials nature had never made before. Along the way, we explore the chemistry that makes plastic so versatile, durable, inexpensive, and ultimately indispensable to modern medicine and…
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