History and Hearsay

Hidden Killers in the Victorian Home - Wallpaper


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During the Victorian Era the home began to be seen as a safe haven from the world. Unfortunately for the Victorians, many of the comfort items with which they filled their homes, turned it into a death trap.  
SOURCES:

https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2018/05/02/scheeles-green-the-color-of-fake-foliage-and-death/ 

https://ls2pac.lapl.org/?section=resource&resourceid=1314737096&fbclid=IwAR1Vdc_zWl_yNX3Z5na4bNu9wVFSZO1Zwrhr3VZo4qEZtgZswNhSePARJGY 

https://www.frontiersin.org/news/2022/03/18/children-in-science-carl-wilhelm-scheele-the-forgotten-chemist/

https://everythingisamazing.substack.com/p/the-green-that-poisoned-britain 

https://genteelandbard.com/southern-history-haunts-folklore-journal/2022/8/10/feeling-green
https://www.robertopoetichimica.it/en/the-story-of-the-green-scheele-pigment-by-swedish-chemist-carl-scheele-2/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scheele's_Green 


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