The vibrant pigments used in antique covers of books contained chromium, arsenic and lead, that can lead to health hazards ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (WKRC) - A university library has removed human flesh that was used to bind one of their older books after discovering its macabre history. In 2014, Harvard University's Houghton ...

Book binding from the 19th century on a book shelf in Edgar Shannon Library on the Grounds of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia, on July 11. (Cal Cary/For the Washington Post) X ...

Harvard Library said it pulled the human skin binding from its copy of "Des destinées de l’âme," written by Arsène Houssaye in the 1880s.

The Poison Book Project is working to identify old books that contain toxic pigments like arsenic, which made Victorian-era books in the 1800s more eye-catching. Melissa Tedone is leading the project.