The Poison Book Project and 19th-century emerald green book covers
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1Cynfelyn
French national library quarantines books believed to be laced with arsenic (Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/25/french-national-library-quarantine...
"France's national library has removed four 19th-century books from its shelves whose emerald green covers are believed to be laced with arsenic. The library said on Thursday that handling the books, which were printed in Britain, would probably cause only minor harm, but it was taking them away for further analysis. ..."
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/25/french-national-library-quarantine...
"France's national library has removed four 19th-century books from its shelves whose emerald green covers are believed to be laced with arsenic. The library said on Thursday that handling the books, which were printed in Britain, would probably cause only minor harm, but it was taking them away for further analysis. ..."
2MarthaJeanne
It wasn't just book covers.. In chapter 20 of The Dress Diary of Mrs. Anne Sykes the author talks about various poisonous chemicals used in the 19th century textile industry, injuring both those who wore the fabrics, and even more those who produced them. Nor is the textile industry free of such things, even today.
