A toxic green pigment was once used to color everything from fake flowers to book covers. Now a museum conservator is working to track down the noxious volumes. During the 19th century ...

Bookbinders in the past were fond of using arsenic mixed with copper to create a bright green that was used in book covers ...

You probably do not need us to tell you that Arsenic is not healthy stuff. This wasn’t always such common knowledge, as for a ...

Prolonged exposure to multiple green books can cause low level arsenic poisoning. Long-term exposure can cause changes to the ...

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However, the project researchers also determined that, for the moment at least, the chromium and lead in chrome yellow dyed book covers are still bound to the cloth. The emerald green pigment ...