The Arsenic Fashion That Killed Victorians
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- A deadly shade of arsenic green silently poisoned consumers around the world. When it became a trend during the 19th century, the death toll rose along with its popularity in clothing, furniture and interior design. A senior physician and renowned chemist team up to solve the growing crisis and medical mystery.
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"Women weren't allowed to buy arsenic because they kept killing their husbands."
I'd like a video on that.
Right?! lol
Woman's hat pins were regulated to a reduced length because they were stabbing men with them...probably was mostly self defense too.
Just saying hi to the jurors on this case. 👋😆
I don't know if Aquatofana case is this one but it's very similar they had arsenic too in that Aquatofana
Bailey did a video on this
I cackled when he said that 😂😬
In the movie Coraline, after Coraline receives her bad omen from the old theater ladies, they tell her "oh, and avoid green." This was what they were referring to.
Ohhh, I never noticed that.
What source did you find this out from?
Lol I thought they were referring to marijuana
@@astrowolvez i don't positively know. Just inference. Neil gaiman is a smart guy, and the ladies being performers just made it seem that's what he was referring to. Unless you have another theory. Which I'd like to hear!
@@thevioletcabinet I can't remember if it said in the video, but performers had a lot of green costumes during this era which would leech out with sweat and killed many actors. It's still sort of a taboo to this day, like saying Macbeth.
Victorians like: "Damn, we can't use arsenic to dye green anymore. Ah! Let's use radium!"
🤣😭✋
Made me wonder what "safe" things we and scientist know that are actually dangerous and poisonous.
🤚😭😂😂 right
Hmmmmmmm, your jaw just fell off. Must be nothing.
Surprised no one ever thought to use chlorophyll, maybe even grass? LEAVES? Idk lmao, crazy how they never tried that it seems
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You have a easy listening voice. Thank you for the content.
Loved it and love your voice. I hope to see more from you!
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Love the narration!
you have a lovely voice hopefully you can narrate more content for us
So this is why green has become the visual shorthand for poison and for all things evil, huh, fascinating!
Mr Yuck!
all things evil would be the color red.
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And also the whole Radium Girls scandal from radioactive paint
And sadly we still have arsenic in water and products.
The narrator has a wonderful voice!
I didn't expect to see you here.
i am... concered. this is the last thing i expected to see today/ :0
I've got a macabe curiosity about the annals of history as much as the next person. Love me some Buzzfeed Unsolved haha
Oh hi! Nice(?) to see you here!
Never thought I'd see you here
Don't forget to mention that William Morris actually owned at least one arsenic mine, so he definitely had an ulterior motive to deny that arsenic was dangerous.
Yes that's right and he denied it until one of Queen Victoria's guests died in a room that William Morris's wallpaper was hung ( he did make beautiful designs though)
@@kerriegreen9057 In rich houses, colored rooms were fashionable - for distinguishment of them: a green bedroom, a blue living room, crimson boudoir, yellow dining room, purple bedroom, etc. I would refuse to sleep in the green bedroom, I would rather sleep in the yellow dining room. ))) In the purple bedroom.
“Look at my dress, isn’t it pretty? It makes my skin ooze!”
and it has pockets!! - James aka the Narrator
Could you cover deadly make-up throughout history? That's such a fascinating topic!
Yes I add my voice to you! There is an abundance of deadly substances that were commonly used in make up like mercury and lead. Some even theorize that Elizabeth the 1st's highly poisonous make up was literally eating away at her skin.
guilia
Can you do an episode on the Tuberculosis outbreaks during the Industrial Revolution? It would be pretty cool! :)
I wonder if this has anything to do with poison often being depicted as green
which is why I love what Harry Potter does with potions-there's gold potions, clear water like potions, potions that are light purple in color, teal blue, sapphire blue its fantastic and makes sense that potions of different sorts would be different colors. Though polyjuice potion is often green in the films for some reason when in the books its like beige lol
Ugh, another Coachella chick.
@@eddiesroom1868 This is in a responce to...? What? I'm genuinely curious.
@@viperv6768 the "potions" girl above
@@eddiesroom1868 I don’t understand why you would need to comment such a thing. While Harry Potter might not be your thing at all, Ribotto Studios just continued a public conversation with something that they found interesting that related to the original comment.
Don’t get me wrong comment all you want, it is a public site and an open comment section, but there was nothing in the reply above to make you need to insult someone or comment in a negative manner. Everyone is allowed to have their interests.
Really appreciate how this covered how this affected the workers who manufactured the products containing copper arsenic and not just the more sensational stories of people becoming ill in green rooms :) also rarely hear about how they went about the discovering the sources of poisoning!
Lovely editing and voice over on this video too
This was fascinating. Really enjoy learning about often overlooked situations in history. Makes you think about the chemicals and synthetic materials we live with today. They are everywhere and we all know too many people who have been diagnosed with various forms of cancer.
yep cancer is everywhere. all ages too. freaky.
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...Except today we actually do know whether materials we use are safe or not. Because they are tested before used commercially. Before that there just wasn't enough science to check it. There are slip ups sometimes yes but "chemicals" are for the most part nothing to be scared of. Water is a deadly chemical too. And cancer is caused by a lot of things.
Clothing detergents, Artificial fragrances, food dyes, all carcinogens. Fluoride? Neurotoxin. Whatever you do, don’t look into vaccine ingredients! 🤫
Arsenic green is actually a very pretty shade of green. Pretty… but deadly.
Y'all heard of fifty shades of grey? Well now get ready for the series sequel Toxic Shades of Greene
I've seen pieces of the printed wallpaper they used to make with arsenic green - absolutely beautiful. I mean, it has to be properly sealed and encased so no one can be poisoned by it now, but there's a lovely book at the National Medical Library in Bethesda, MD with samples of beautiful wallpaper. Beautiful and deadly.
Me wearing green and having itchy skin today: **chuckles** *I'm in danger*
I took a summer job in a poster factory and there were always a few posters that needed to rolled by hand on a spindle. I rolled a batch of black light velvet flocked posters and the fibers went in my nose and chest. I had a horrible reaction, because they were supposed to provide masks and didn't.
I was forced to lift 75 lb poster boxes instead. I only weighed about 100lbs at the time. I sneezed and coughed black velvet for weeks. I can't imagine how bad these poor people had it.
That is terrible!.
Are you sure they didn't contain asbestos?
I hope you are okay!
This is BuzzFeed. Shane and Ryan have moved on…I hope some of you will as well. Give these people the respect they deserve, please. Shane and Ryan would probably appreciate us being considerate of those who will carry on their legacy. If you feel Watcher is significantly better than this program…you know where to go. I for one enjoy this program immensely and appreciate those who take the time to bring us content.
I miss Shane and Ryan so muchhhh! 😭Those episodes were just masterpieces. ❤
@@prekshabharadwaj1351 I agree. They were and still are, amazing entertainers. They just moved to their own channel, so nothing lost…only gained.
What happened? I just started watching Shane and Ryan
yeah but no
Well said! - James aka The Narrator of This Video
Watching stories like this makes me wonder what present time materials and foods are we using or consuming that at least for now, we haven't realize have bad effects to our health.
They also used arsenic to normalise spoilt milks pH degree. It was one of the reasons for the rise in child deaths
Also made spoiled milk palatable to drink which caused disease from the bacteria in it, such as bovine tuberculosis. Fun times with the Victorians.
@@Iararawr yes, that’s why child deaths had risen
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"but not a real green dress that's cruel" is so appropriate here
Omg brilliant
I cannot get over this animation!
Whoever did it has to get a raise.
She's so dope!
@@JamesTroupActor I love it too!
@@JamesTroupActor we like James the narrator too. I want to be a narrator and I don’t know how to get such a job. I think you do a fine job.
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I love this series, and the narrator has such a soothing voice.
Thanks Vik!
Interesting video! Really like the narrator's voice and way of narration!
Thanks Raj!
so don't buy vintage stuff that's dyed green. got it!
Even some Festia Wear has chemicals in it! Wild.
The narrator has such a soothing voice to me. It's nice to hear.
Thanks!!!
me watching this wearing a emrald green shirt 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Aqua Tofana: *whisperring "that's my son"
Imagine inventing a colour... must be so magical
Victorian times were fun.
"Here is a medicine made up arsenic, opium, and ground up mummies."
Yum yum
James Troup is the narrator. His voice is awesome and perfect for these videos
Why thanks!!
Farmers would walk a vat of boiling arsenic in a cart along the fields to poison (bugs or weeds can't remember exactly what). I saw some historical photos of the process, it was freaken crazy.
just like radium...
this was really interesting
except men knew radium was dangerous and let the women work with it without protection for years.
when it said that almost everyone has access to almost every colour all I could think was Anish Kapoor not having access to Stuart Semple's colours
This is pretty decent not unsolved content on the channel. More of this, less ARG bs.
Or no ARGs? 😅
"Jade, you're turning jade!?"
Loving this kind of content! I can't wait to see what else is planned! (And I hope we get the same narrator! I like their voice!)
Well, the narrator promises you more content with his voice! 🙂
This is similar to what happened in the 1920s with radIum. That’s also an interesting case.
Did you guys know arsenic was used for other colors, like red and white, outside of green? Even when the public caught up with how dangerous arsenic is, they couldn't really tell where the poison was!
I'm pretty new here and I have to say the narrator's voice is like butter. I could listen to him for hours.
Thanks Victoria! I'm gonna record another video just for you! 🙂
“1851- multiple cases of wives poisoning their husbands came to light”
what a good period for women to live
ehhhhh i’m sure they were suffering a hell of a lot more
so bascally it was effing everywhere.... great....
It’s really interesting to learn about these things
Great narrator.
Thanks Ryan!
This is why every toxic things are marked by green colour
It's amazing that humanity has survived this long.
You guys at buzzfeed are mvps in my book
I’m in love with the narrators voice
Of course terrible for the general populace, but I think of how badly the factory workers must've suffered. Already poverty stricken and working long hours for little pay. What a reward for their hard work💔😢 Makes me think also of the "Radium Girls". Unforgivable😡 Owners knew damn well this was dangerous and didn't care about people's health or lives, evil greed💯💩👿
Ppl lost children alot back then it’s so sad
Yeah the lower infant mortality rate was a sad reality of the time, due to lack of medical knowledge and poor living conditions. Kinda sad when you think how much could have been avoided if scientific studies were found earlier
Bro the Narrator was born for this 💯
Fun fact: In lithuania there's a hill of crosses. People put the crosses for any reason some got married and put a cross some died and the persons family put a cross.
The place is not scary at day but at night it's pretty scary. A hill with crosses in a middle of the field. It's more related to god but you never know who can be there.
All hail the watcher?
Yeah all hail the watcher
How did we even survive as a species? Goddamn
This narrator could make me listen to anything with rapt attention. Well done!
Narrator's voice is perfect
And the Illustrations are 😍
Just a heads up… arsenic is still used today In cigarettes…but also in Rice
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arsenic isnt "used" in rice
some rice just naturally have trace amounts on them but obviously not enough to get said rice strains banned
Can you do a episode on Spring Heeled Jack! 🙃
Please make Joseph's wish come true!!
Yes
Damn thought this was unsolved
Always love to learn new things! Thanks!
Sounds like a real pain in the arsenic.
All I can think listening to this is Bailey Sariens' Aquatofana🤣
THAT NARRATORS VOICEEE AHH
Why thank ya Nina!
I love these videos so much. I always get excited whenever I see there is a new one.
I think the historian's name is Sarah Lipscomb, but any way, she has a video on the hidden killers of the Victorian Home. Really fascinating explaining the arsenic threat in wallpaper and random things added to bread to add weight.
Susannah Lipscombe 😊
I'm digging these haunting history videos
I saw a video in TED-ED about the toxic colors. One of them is green (Cupric Hydrogen Arsenic or Sheele's green)
Yes, Scheele was a German from Swedish Pomerania. He invented Scheele's green and then a couple of other Germans improved it buy making a double salt of it (cupper aceto-arsenite).
I read about this at some point years ago and I couldn't remember all the details but I would talk about it a lot cos I found it really interesting so this video coming up on my home page today... perfect.
Absolutely love videos like this.
Keep it up! ❤
What's worse is that it wasn't just green that could be packed with arsenic, other colors too. Some to mix new colors using that green or London Purple being a byproduct. Arsenic could've been used as addition to other colors like blue or red to preserve the color better and make it more vibrant. Besides this, varnishes or even wallpaper glue often contained arsenic, so, say you could've had a blue wallpaper that, by itself, didn't have arsenic in it, but it was glued onto the wall with a paste that contained it. Arsenic could've been found in pretty much anything, and despite people slowly realizing that green color or arsenic needs to be avoided, often, consumers were being lied to by companies that advertised their products being arsenic free, when, in fact, it did have it just to continue to sell. Avoiding green wasn't guaranteeing you won't be exposed, because, then again, other colors also contained the toxins and looked nothing like green.
join us next time were we look at another fashion trend telling a similar tail, where Radon was used in many beauty products etc, because of its ability to "release energy from nothing" x.x
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@BelieveInMatter thanks you too! 🙃
I...I'm sorry..what was that about "no legislation was passed to stop the use of arsenic in wallpaper"??! like...still?! no one thought to close that little loophole JUST IN CASE?!
Wasn’t this also the case with purple? I can’t remember if it was poison or just a color not found until fairly recently.
Magenta was a new color in the victorian era, though I don't think it was as dangerous, I am pretty sure that it was derived from coal tar, which is quite toxic. Arsenic was also used to make many colors other than greens, especially browns and burgundies.
Probably part of why the prettiest greens are still avoided in the fashion world. LOL, okay, it's probably more because designers make their own choices that don't consider what I would want, but ya know. I have to say, this narrator has a great voice to listen to. Very relaxing.
From arsenic to morphine, it’s amazing what people were exposed to daily, like it was no big deal. I know to be careful around Cadmium paints, but I just watched a short about this arsenic green last night. It’s really something else! Many of the vintage posters I love have this color. Kind of like the radioactive glass that glows in the dark. Still very valuable today, but don’t serve your food on it!
Damn y’all fast
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The Black Plaque: I have killed so many Europeans that I can't even count
The Green Plaque: Allow me to introduce myself
did you mean plague? plaque is the stuff on your teeth 😅
No wonder green is associated with evil 😆
it also means gullible "fresh" lol dont ask please.
I hate the color green!.
bruhhhhhhhhhhh green go brrrrrr
Interesting, but I don’t understand why it’s listed under “unsolved”?
This was fascinating..
🙄 stop living in fear. it is my god-given right to have green wallpaper all over my house. ✋🏼
excellent video, thank you!❤
Super interesting thanks!
13:03 Sadly this awareness isn’t even at 5% of what it should be. Sadly most everything we touch, inhale, and consume is toxic!
Poison Ivy from Batman is green.
i’d like you to cover the madeleine mcann case if you haven’t already
I don’t claim any negative energy from this video 🙏🏻
For a better extended documentary series on this watch Absolute History channel. It's really good they post lot of information and documentaries
Agreed!
Anyone else not know that arsenic was green and not white? Just me?
Pharmaceutical grade arsenic is white because its bleached
Is that why the Emerald City is green in the Lands of Oz? I've always wondered if it was a metaphor like the yellow brick road...
Me wearing a green sweater: 👁👄👁
Can yall do the case of Hae Min Lee?
I just so happen to be wearing green when this video comes out. In the Army on drill, and it's a color I barely wear in civilians🤣🤣🤣
In rich houses, colored rooms were fashionable - for distinguishment of them: a green bedroom, a blue living room, crimson boudoir, yellow dining room, purple bedroom, etc. I would refuse to sleep in the green bedroom, I would rather sleep in the yellow dining room. ))) In the purple bedroom.