Death by Wallpaper: The Alluring Arsenic Colors that Poisoned the Victorian Age
hyperallergic.com
In the 19th century a growing movement of people were concerned with a toxic killer surrounding their daily lives. Namely, their wallpaper.
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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.