Dr Suzannah Lipscomb looks at the hidden dangers of the British postwar home. In the 1950s, people embraced modern design for the first time after years of austerity and selfdenial. The modern home featured moulded plywood furniture, fibreglass, plastics and polyester materials and technologies that were developed during World War II.

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