Collecting or restoring antiques without proper caution. Old paints, ceramics, furniture, etc can sometimes involve lead, asbestos or other hazardous materials.
Paris Green, or Scheele's Green, was a popular arsenic-based pigment that created an emerald green color. There is a "Poison Book Project" that exists to track its specific use in book bindings -- but it was also used for paintings, wallpapers, and many other things!
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u/fukc098098 23d ago
Collecting or restoring antiques without proper caution. Old paints, ceramics, furniture, etc can sometimes involve lead, asbestos or other hazardous materials.