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What dangerous colour used uranium?
Uranium orange
From the 1930s to the 1970s, what did companies use to make orange?
Uranium
What objects were made with uranium orange?
Ceramic plates, cups, and bowls
What illness can uranium cause?
Cancer
What can let uranium get into food or drink?
Cracks or chips
What dangerous colour was made with arsenic?
Arsenic green
What is arsenic?
A strong poison
What problems can arsenic cause?
Sickness, coughing, and skin problems
When was arsenic green popular?
In the 1800s
What things used arsenic green?
Clothes, toys, sweets, soaps, and paint
Who may have died because of a green bedroom?
Napoleon
When were the first laws about arsenic passed?
In the 1960s
What was arsenic still used to kill until the 1980s?
Insects
What dangerous colour was made with lead powder?
Lead white
How long ago was lead white first used?
About 2,500 years ago
Where did people mix lead powder to make white?
China and Greece
