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The Chemistry of Danger: Identifying Poisonous Pigments in Historical Books


Victorian-era books with brightly colored covers may look charming but are often laced with dangerous dyes containing heavy metals such as lead and chromium. Researchers at Lipscomb University used advanced spectroscopic techniques to analyze these books and found that handling them could pose si

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