During the 19th century, emerald green pigment was all the rage in fashion and home decor—despite the fact that it contains arsenic. Libraries and rare book collections often carry volumes that ...

And, wildly enough, even books. The lab confirmed dangerous levels of arsenic in Tedone’s emerald green book. And although Tedone’s suspicions were correct, the news still came as a shock. “It’s one ...

Scientists have now found traces of the toxic chemical, arsenic, in the covers of more than 200 books from around the world. Old books from the 19th-century featured green covers with worrying ...

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 ...

Allie Alvis, rare book cataloguer Arsenic's toxicity was known by the Victorian era, according to National Geographic, but the chemical made emerald green cheap to produce — and popular.

The project recently influenced the decision to remove two books from the French national library. The reason? Their vibrant green cloth covers raised suspicions of containing arsenic. This ...

Instead, the analysis revealed that the layer of green was saturated in arsenic, a highly toxic substance ... The physical books, meanwhile, will be housed inside of a ventilated cabinet, where ...

The books have been placed in quarantine ... rare books collection for the presence of an arsenic compound called cooper acetoarsenite, an emerald green pigment that was very popular at the ...

Be warned, colourful books may hold a dark secret (Picture: Getty) The Poisonous Book Project might sound like something started by parents in the US trying to ban ‘controversial’ titles, but ...

Four books have been removed from France's national library over concerns their covers may be laced with poisonous arsenic. The 19th century volumes, printed in Britain, all have emerald green covers.

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 ...