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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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