[Red Badger]

PinGGG!....................

[lee martell]

“Oh,help yourself. DO read all the books here....IF you Dare!!”.... followed by maniacal Vincent Price type angry laughter.

[gundog]

[mass55th]

Victorian wallpaper contained arsenic:

Arsenic and Old Tastes Made Victorian Wallpaper Deadly

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Calm down.

Unless you are licking the pages you will be fine.

[Right_Wing_Madman]

“These old books with toxic dyes may be in universities, public libraries and private collections”

The Victorian books themselves are fine. It's their contents that are poisonous.

[AdmSmith]

If the book, painting or wall paper is over 100 years old and still brightly colored, don not lick it.

[Freedom_Is_Not_Free]

The Name of the Rose comes to mind.

[Gaffer]

They certainly can’t be touting this as a “new discovery” can they? I remember hearing, reading, seeing something about like this years ago.

[married21]

One error: Napoleon died on the island of Saint Helena, not Elba.

[ansel12]

I own dozens of such history, medical, school, and military books from that era, even a couple of sets of encyclopedias.

[Ragnar Danneskjöld]

First step in declaring old books off-limits. This is how it starts. Similar argument to physical cash being dangerous because it passes germs.

[Openurmind]

“the researchers plan to present a new technique,”

Because wearing gloves is not good enough? I think you may have dug up another funding scam Badger. I see a business opportunity. Become a third party service to search the world for any small justification to apply for funding and charge a finder’s fee. Could probably find hidden nuggets they haven’t thought of yet. Just subcontract to these organizations and fast track these funding scams for them.

[ComputerGuy]

Some books are toxic based on content alone. Take Ulysses, for example.

[mewzilla]

I’ve got a number of books this old that I read periodically.

Not dead yet.

Go figure.

[iluvschnitzle]

So its ok to now judge a book by its cover?

[The Louiswu]

[MayflowerMadam]

Fauci must be behind this. Either wear masks, or burn/ban books.

[dfwgator]

Well I guess there's only one solution...

[goodnesswins]

“Though the books are old, their poisonous substances can still pose serious risks if the cloth covers rub against a reader’s skin or if the toxins become airborne.”

Hhhmmmm