TIL that in Victorian Britain, arsenic-laced paint used in wallpaper was so common that doctors warned that “a great deal of slow poisoning is going on,” as toxic pigments turned home décor into a...
TIL that in Victorian Britain, arsenic-laced paint used in wallpaper was so common that doctors warned that “a great deal of slow poisoning is going on,” as toxic pigments turned home décor into a...
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Death by Wallpaper: The Alluring Arsenic Colors that Poisoned the Victorian Age
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Original Title: TIL that in Victorian Britain, arsenic-laced paint used in wallpaper was so common that doctors warned that “a great deal of slow poisoning is going on,” as toxic pigments turned home décor into a silent killer.
