New technology at St Andrews University helps librarians detect when old books are bad for readers' health

Been reading a fair bit recently. Maybe don’t handle the antique copies you have!

  • steeznson@lemmy.world
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    27 days ago

    Was wondering if this would be about a poisoned copy of Aristotle’s Humours like in The Name of the Rose before I read the article. What a movie!

    But anyway, yes, arsenic green dyes sound less than ideal.