The History Of Plastic: From Billiards To Bibs
Women hold up nylon stockings in a sale in the 1950s. (Keystone/Getty images)
Plastics have been touted as a miracle material by some, and criticized as artificial and toxic by others. But, nowadays, it's hard to imagine life without plastics: Cars, textiles, televisions, computers and food containers all have plastic parts. But synthetic plastics are a relatively new invention; production of consumer plastics didn't really take off until after World War II.
