What is the origin of the brand names Saran Wrap and Oral B?

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Senior Moments says: Oral-B is a combination of oral hygiene and the letter B, which stands for the word better. www.wackyuses.com/wf_oral.html Wed Dec 05 18:23:19 CST 2001 (To fix link - McG) Apr 18 03, 6:19 PM

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heyman says: Saran polyvinylidene chloride or Saran resins and films (called PVDC) have been wrapping products for more than 50 years. Ralph Wiley, a Dow Chemical lab worker, accidentally discovered polyvinylidene chloride or Saran. Ralph, a college student who cleaned glassware in a Dow Chemical lab, came across a vial he couldn't scrub clean. He called the substance 'eonite', after an indestructible material in the comic strip 'Little Orphan Annie.' Dow researchers made Ralph's 'eonite' into a greasy, dark green film, which Dow called 'Saran'. Dow later got rid the of Saran's green color and unpleasant odor. After World War 2, it was approved for food packaging, and it was Prior Sanctioned in 1956 (Society of the Plastics Industry). Thu Dec 06 16:25:35 CST 2001 (To fix characters - McG) Apr 18 03, 6:22 PM

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