Century of Plastic Celebrated in London

May 22, 2007 By RAPHAEL G. SATTER, Associated Press Writer Century of Plastic Celebrated in London (AP)

In this undated image provided on Tuesday, May 22, 2007, by London's Science Museum, a four-valve TRF (Tuned Radio Frequency) domestic receiver in a circular Bakelite case is seen. An exhibition at London's Science Museum, celebrating the 100th birthday of the world's first entirely synthetic material, plastic, opens Tuesday. Belgian-American chemist Leo Baekeland created his phenol-formaldehyde polymer resin, Bakelite, in 1907 and it sparked a revolution in manufacturing, transport, fashion, design, and more. (AP Photo/Science Museum, ho)

(AP) -- Strap on your PVC boots, hike up your nylon stockings. It's time to celebrate the 100th birthday of the world's first entirely synthetic material, one that revolutionized manufacturing, transportation, fashion and more.

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