Arsenical Wall-Papers.
Onoe more an outcry has arisen concerning mysterious illnesses which have eventually been traced to arsenical wall-papers. There is an erroneous idea that brilliant green ie the only colour that is dangerous in this respect ; but as a matter of fact, arsenic may be present in colors of many other hues. In the sanitary and unsanitary houses exhibited at the Health Exhibition, tbe latter was purposely hung with arsenical papers, and green was conspicuous by its absence ; while in the sanitary houses, green was present in abundance, bnt without any help from arsenic. Householders can easily protect themselves in this matter by observing two rules.— the one is, to require a warranty from the paperhanger that the paper supplied is free from the poison ; and the other i», to have every shred of old paper stripped from the walla before the new paper is put on.
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Tuapeka Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1157, 27 June 1885, Page 2 (Supplement)
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148Arsenical Wall-Papers. Tuapeka Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1157, 27 June 1885, Page 2 (Supplement)
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