In a message dated 3/20/2006 2:18:48 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

Yes,  there was/is a poison pigment made from arsenic
> that was used  extensively in wallpaper in the 1800's.



And there were stories from the day, that sound like what we call "urban  
legend" today, of people wearing garments colored with those pigments and  
getting deathly ill.
 
Ann Wass
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