"These old books with toxic dyes may be in universities, public libraries and private collections," says Abigail Hoermann, an undergraduate studying chemistry at Lipscomb University. Users can be ...

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A new report backed by the American Chemical Society warned that colorfully bound books from the Victorian era are likely packed with toxic dyes, calling on librarians, archivists and researchers ...

LEILA FADEL, HOST: The Poison Book Project is working to identify old books that contain toxic pigments like arsenic, which made Victorian-era books in the 1800s more eye-catching. Melissa Tedone ...

Those include lead, chromium, mercury — and especially arsenic, often used in books with dazzling green covers. “Huh,” Mentock thought, staring at a photo of one of the toxic green books in ...