The anticorrosive coatings industry's most effective corrosion inhibitor - hexavalent chromate - is being banned in the EU and phased out globally due to being carcinogenic. Waterspring Ventures, The ...

One of the most influential US abstract artists who started out as a minimalist but constantly reinvented his work ...

One popular pigment was Scheele’s green, named after Carl Wilhelm Scheele, a German-Swedish chemist who in 1775 discovered ...

Both lead and chromium are toxic. But yellow books are less of a concern than green and red. Lead chromate is not ...

Forsyth published a follow-up study last year showing that the percentage of lead-contaminated turmeric samples in Bangladesh markets has since fallen from 47% to zero. Blood lead levels in ...

A search for poisonous books. As in books with covers so hazardous to human health some libraries are removing them from ...

In our modern society, we rarely consider books to be dangerous items. However, certain books contain elements so hazardous ...

Scientists have now found traces of the toxic chemical, arsenic, in the covers of more than 200 books from around the world.

The £32bn anticorrosive coatings industry’s most effective corrosion inhibitor - hexavalent chromate - is being banned in the ...

Vermilion red, created using mercury sulphide, was often found on the inside of books, while yellow dye was often based on ...

Baglan-based advanced manufacturer Hexigone Inhibitors is looking to accelerate its global expansion plans following a ...