The name plaster of Paris derives from the huge gypsum deposit at Montmartre, north Paris. It was used to create some of the most important art works of the Renaissance period, including ...

A 16-year-old girl lost eight of her fingers when they were burned off after becoming set in plaster of Paris during a school art lesson, a court has heard. By Nick Britten and Nickbritten 13 ...

One of the many self-help books my daughter bought before tackling this project suggested seating the toilet on plaster of Paris. This idea sounds good to me, but I thought that with all the ...

A pupil has lost eight fingers after putting her hands in plaster of Paris, suffering agonising burns in a horrific classroom blunder. The 19-year-old’s terrifying ordeal began when the liquid ...

The hand wraps confiscated from former welterweight champion Antonio Margarito shortly before his title defense against "Sugar" Shane Mosley contained two primary elements of plaster of Paris, the ...

“I mean, why is it called ‘plaster of Paris’?” he asked. “It’s the white stuff that gets hard, and they make statues out of it, right? Can you only use it in France? How about the poor ...

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has made it clear that immersion of Vinayaka idols containing Plaster of Paris cannot be permitted. However, their sales cannot be prevented by the ...