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Plastics are everywhere: the home, the workplace, the car, the human body, outer space, and most conspicuously, the garbage heap and landfill; join us as we review this protean substance's past and future.

Plastics are everywhere: the home, the workplace, the car, the human body, outer space, and most conspicuously, the garbage heap and landfill; join us as we review this protean substance's past and future.

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S16, EP2 "Grease"

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Celebrating ingenuity, invention and imagination on a grand scale, "Modern Marvels" tells the amazing stories of the doers, dreamers and sometime-schemers who create everyday items, technological advancements and man-made wonders. From the Statue of Liberty to distilled spirits, and canals to bridges, no subject seems out of reach. Science, technology, electronics, mechanics, engineering, architecture, industry, mass production, manufacturing, and agriculture are just some of the many topics that have been covered during the long-running series.
Original Air Date: Nov 11, 1992
Genres: DocuseriesTV Series
Rating: TV14
Playback: HD
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