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LONDON - MAY 22: A PVC dress is shown at the 100 Years of Plastic at the Science Museum May 22, 2007 in london. The exhibition is a celebration of plastics timed to coincide with the 100th anniversary of Leo Baekeland?s invention of Bakelite, the world?s first entirely synthetic material. (Photo by Bruno Vincent/Getty Images)

LONDON - MAY 22:  A PVC dress is shown at the 100 Years of Plastic at the Science Museum May 22, 2007 in london.  The exhibition is a celebration of plastics timed to coincide with the 100th anniversary of Leo Baekeland?s invention of Bakelite, the world?s first entirely synthetic material.  (Photo by Bruno Vincent/Getty Images)