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Revealing the killers that lurked in British homes during different historical periods.

Suzannah Lipscomb reveals the killers that lurked in British homes during different historical periods.

Hidden Killers of the Edwardian Home

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Sarah Broughton

Hidden Killers: The Edwardian Home

The Edwardian Home

17/12/2013

BBC Four - Hidden Killers, The Edwardian Home

Suzannah Lipscomb reveals the killers that lurked in every room of the Edwardian home.

Dr Suzannah Lipscomb looks at the damage caused by the hazardous new inventions lurking in British people's homes as the 20th century dawned under the reign King Edward VII.

The dawn of the 20th century and the reign of a new king ushered in an era of fresh inventions and innovations that transformed the way we lived. Electricity, refrigeration and a whole host of different materials promised to make life at home brighter, easier and more convenient. But a lack of understanding of the potential hazards meant that they frequently led to terrible accidents, horrendous injuries and even death.

Dr Suzannah Lipscomb takes us back to an age when asbestos socks and radioactive toothpaste were welcomed into British homes. She reveals how their lethal qualities were discovered and why some of us are still living with the consequences of our Edwardian forebears' enthusiasm for untried and untested products.

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