<div dir="ltr">Dear colleagues<div><br></div><div>In case you missed it, here&#39;s a link to a Radio National discussion <b><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/rearvision/the-history-of-plastic/8576534">The history of plastic</a></b> with two authors and a professor. Very interesting and easy to listen to! or read the transcript.</div><div><br></div><dl class="gmail-ico gmail-ico-person" style="margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px 0px 10px 40px;background:url(&quot;img/sprites-icons.png&quot;) -518px -231px no-repeat rgb(243,243,243);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Calibre,Arial;font-size:12.0012px"><dt style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-weight:bold;float:none">Susan Freinkel <span style="font-size:12.0012px;font-weight:normal">Author of </span><em style="font-size:12.0012px;font-weight:normal;margin:0px;padding:0px">Plastic: A Toxic Love Story</em></dt></dl><dl class="gmail-ico gmail-ico-person" style="margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px 0px 10px 40px;background:url(&quot;img/sprites-icons.png&quot;) -518px -231px no-repeat rgb(243,243,243);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Calibre,Arial;font-size:12.0012px"><dt style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-weight:bold;float:none">Dr Jeffrey Meikle <span style="font-size:12.0012px;font-weight:normal">Department of American Studies  </span><span style="font-size:12.0012px;font-weight:normal">University of Texas at Austin</span></dt><dd style="margin:0px;padding:0px;float:none">Author of <em style="margin:0px;padding:0px">American Plastic: A Cultural History</em></dd></dl><dl class="gmail-ico gmail-ico-person" style="margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px 0px 10px 40px;background:url(&quot;img/sprites-icons.png&quot;) -518px -231px no-repeat rgb(243,243,243);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Calibre,Arial;font-size:12.0012px"><dt style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-weight:bold;float:none">Professor Andrea Sella <span style="font-size:12.0012px;font-weight:normal">Professor of Inorganic Chemistry, </span><span style="font-size:12.0012px;font-weight:normal">University College London</span></dt></dl><div>regards - Jacinta O&#39;Leary</div></div>