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Thread: toxicity of mulga?
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28th December 2012, 03:43 PM #1
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toxicity of mulga?
HI,
Just had a look on a few websites on google about Mulga being toxic etc. I'm not sure if this is just the dust or the fresh wood;
I have turned a pepper grinder and want to know if it is safe to use this pepper grinder with pepper.
Any advice is much appreciated! thanks.
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28th December 2012, 04:40 PM #2
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Try this list:
Timber Health Hazards
Not sure I would use it for food preparation or serving. You might be okay but that is no guarantee every pepper lover is so tolerant.
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28th December 2012, 06:50 PM #3
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mulga toxicity.
Hello,
The dust is carcinogenic (i.e can cause cancer). I would check with NSW Health to be sure that there is
no reaction inside the mill between the peppercorns and the wood. I dont think that you are the first person to turn pepper mills from mulga!
Drillit.
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28th December 2012, 09:32 PM #4
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No matter what the wood, I seal the inside of the pepper grinders with Shellac, then you don't have to worry about it.
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29th December 2012, 08:11 AM #5
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Originally Posted by dai sensei
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22nd January 2013, 09:30 PM #6
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Originally Posted by dabbler
Looking at that list, I definitely wouldn't be making a pepper grinder from teak. Ouch!
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26th January 2013, 07:37 PM #7
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Many things are classified as carcinogenic, but they are often modified by length of exposure and the susceptibility of individuals. (We start to get into STEL, short term exposure limit and TWA, time weighted average). Dermatitis is a good example of varying effects on different individuals.
In other substances individuals are allergic: Peanuts is a good one. Most are completely tolerant, but others die if they come in to contact. Petrol is a carcinogenic substance but we all come in contact with it, most of us more than once a week.
In my case I have a reaction to cypress pine, which is not on Ubeaut's Timber Health Hazzard list, but it depends on the length of contact I have with it and it appears to be primarily the sawdust which is the culprit. If I work with it sawing for half a day my arms develop a red rash. If I work with it for a whole day this rash extends to my face and my eyes puff up too.
I point this out to explain that it can be a question of degrees and am not looking for sympathy (although you can offer that here or by PM. No sympathy ever knowingly turned away
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Dai Sensei's solution of using shellac would be very sensible I think and on the safe side.
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