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Post by librarylady on Jul 4, 2018 15:58:16 GMT
Interesting--as well as the wall paper danger.
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Post by ~Susan~ on Jul 4, 2018 16:05:13 GMT
I read about this the other day. Kinda of scary since I lick my fingers sometimes. Im going to break that habit now 😉
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Post by birukitty on Jul 4, 2018 16:08:50 GMT
I find this fascinating. I can't even begin to imagine a book literally being poisonous. And that wallpaper! Can you imagine having that in your home and constantly breathing in those fumes? Being such a book lover though it is the books that really got to me. Thanks so much for posting this Librarylady. You always post such interesting articles and I really appreciate it.  |
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Post by andreasmom on Jul 4, 2018 17:08:02 GMT
I remember an Agatha Christie book about an arsenic laced wallpaper. Off to google.
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Post by LeaP on Jul 4, 2018 17:23:15 GMT
Makes me think of Umberto Eco's Il Nome della Rosa. Arsenic laced paper used to kill.
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Post by gillyp on Jul 4, 2018 17:26:47 GMT
I have a relative in my family tree who was poisoned, we think by the wallpaper.
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Post by supersoda on Jul 4, 2018 17:31:49 GMT
Wow.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 4, 2018 17:42:40 GMT
Older books are very acidic. Very.
When I started working in a library, I wore contacts and they started bothering me. ( the more I handked the older books the more they bothered me) I started rubbing my eyes. My parents ended up taking me to the ER with mild acid irration( mild my ass) of my eyes.
Old books have mold, mildew, and god knows what else. We had books that we had to use gloves and masks to handle.
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