Just in case you missed this: There is research coming out of Winterthur Library<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http*3A*2F*2Fwiki.winterthur.org*2Fwiki*2FPoison_Book_Project&data=05*7C01*7Ckk958*40connect.yale.edu*7Cc6bff72c1aa44352bc1d08db2c6e4996*7Cdd8cbebb21394df8b4114e3e87abeb5c*7C0*7C0*7C638152624474641495*7CUnknown*7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0*3D*7C3000*7C*7C*7C&sdata=orxPxjQ*2BSzdrKeAgQWtlKZHs948VrSxBBqtQbvhdkYI*3D&reserved=0__;JSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJQ!!KGKeukY!yi6TCzPdSIEZpMX6RMYZueg0_EKz1ZswfT9ZDC1FCUxgWN-i5jRL79NYiKAGNfJ40hoqiwepbHuRoEqABtjOPBAFUlgWZ088LeJZqC0_pxSX$ > which concerns certain 19th-century publishers’ bindings produced in the U.S. and Great Britain containing arsenic or chromium. There are two colors of book cloth, a bright emerald green and a chrome yellow that are of concern due to how the colors were created and applied to the cloth.
Our conservation/ preservation department basically recommended the following: If you encounter a book in your workflow or the shelves, use nitrile gloves to handle the book, place it a zip-top plastic bag, set aside and contact preservation Best wishes, Konstanze Konstanze H. Kunst (she, her, hers) Joseph and Ceil Mazer Librarian for Judaic Studies Yale University Library Sterling Memorial Library, room 335B P.O. Box 208240 New Haven, CT 06520-8240 U.S.A. Tel.: +1.203.432.7207 (telephone calls are welcome). E-mail: konstanze.ku...@yale.edu<mailto:konstanze.ku...@yale.edu>
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