While metal slides typically heat up faster, plastic can actually retain heat longer, especially in direct sunlight, making it just as dangerous. Placement of equipment can also make a difference.

Sterling Plastics, whose main factory was in Mountainside, N.J., sold a variety of inexpensive plastic slide rules for students in the 1960s and 1970s. Location Currently not on view Credit Line Gift ...

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Plastic slides have the benefit of being cheaper and less hazardous than glass slides, so are more commonly used by younger children with the best microscopes for kids.

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Strickland said he forcefully landed onto the hard plastic surface of the slide, suffering “permanent catastrophic injuries.” He accused Walt Disney World of negligence and failing to maintain ...

Two commodity resins saw price drops in North America in May, with other materials in that category unchanged.

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Eugene Strickland is suing Walt Disney World for $50,000, alleging negligence after he was injured on the Downhill Double Dipper waterslide at Blizzard Beach in July 2021. Strickland claims he ...