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The chemistry behind new and old book smells (media.mstdn.social)
submitted 6 months ago by FenrirIII to c/mildlyinteresting
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[–] Live_your_lives 7 points 6 months ago

I believe most paints have been switched over to having low VOC content due to increased cancer risk. That means book reading might be cancerous to your health! (Or maybe not.)