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[Narrator] This is Dow Corning in Midland, Michigan
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This is DowCorning in Midland, Michigan, the world's first andlargest silicone plant

[Narrator] This is Dow
Corning in Midland, Michigan, the world's first and
largest silicone plant

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- [Narrator] This is Dow Corning in Midland, Michigan,
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the world's first and largest silicone plant.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
42
Timestamp in Movie
00:11:16
Uploaded
May 09, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
World of Wonder,MTV Documentary Films

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Movie Summary

Breast Implant sickness. She has her 30 year old implants removed. No bra needed now.
Silicones are a remarkable recent development. - Explant 00:04
Silicones are a remarkable recent development.
A great step forward in the science of chemistry. - Explant 00:05
A great step forward in the science of chemistry.
Say, Dr. Miller, what kind of silicone mixture is that? - Explant 00:06
Say, Dr. Miller, what kind of silicone mixture is that?
This is just a little polydimethylsiloxane. - Explant 00:05
This is just a little polydimethylsiloxane.
- [Narrator] Complex compounds for making life simpler. - Explant 00:06
- [Narrator] Complex compounds for making life simpler.
- Silicone was invented around World War II, - Explant 00:07
- Silicone was invented around World War II,
Initially, it was used - Explant 00:05
Initially, it was used
After World War II, manufacturers of silicone - Explant 00:06
After World War II, manufacturers of silicone
And would you think about making a breast implant - Explant 00:05
And would you think about making a breast implant
- This was like the Wright brothers airplane. - Explant 00:05
- This was like the Wright brothers airplane.
We weren't the first to try to augment the breast - Explant 00:11
We weren't the first to try to augment the breast
- We saw some really odd materials, - Explant 00:06
- We saw some really odd materials,
Things like woodchips, glass balls, even kinds of yarn. - Explant 00:05
Things like woodchips, glass balls, even kinds of yarn.
- [Dr. Patten] And then at the end of World War II in Japan, - Explant 00:13
- [Dr. Patten] And then at the end of World War II in Japan,
- There were barrels of silicone on the harbor - Explant 00:07
- There were barrels of silicone on the harbor
And barrels of it started disappearing - Explant 00:10
And barrels of it started disappearing
- And it was a gigantic disaster - Explant 00:16
- And it was a gigantic disaster
Direct injection of silicone was outlawed right away. - Explant 00:05
Direct injection of silicone was outlawed right away.
- So one of these new silicone bags - Explant 00:09
- So one of these new silicone bags
- Dow Corning, they sent us - Explant 00:12
- Dow Corning, they sent us