The 19th century volumes, printed in Britain, all have emerald green covers. Arsenic was commonly used to colour books at the time. The texts taken off the shelves were identified as potentially ...

Arsenic was found in the green-clad covers of more than 200 books Publishers switched to the green dye covers as a cheaper ...

My Own Garden: The Young Gardener's Yearbook was published in 1855 and owes its vivid green colour to a dye containing arsenic. Senior librarian Rhian Isaac discovered the book while cross ...