It’s an instinct to reach for the most colorful cloth-bound books whenever you see one, but handling them is identified as a potential health risk. As if there aren’t enough pesticides and harmful chemicals in the food we eat, a recent study found that books from ages ago, such as the Victorian era, could be a health hazard too. Study finds dangerous chemicals in a colorful bindThe researchers at Lipscomb University decided to examine the chemicals used in the brilliantly colored 19th- and early-20th-century fabric-covered books from the school’s library to understand the dangers of the paints…