wood allergies

[Jedo_03]

Hi All
Seen a few posts here about allergies/reactions to wood and wood-dust

Here's a site that gives info on what wood causes what allergies etc

http://www.saw-online.com/Tips/hazard.htm#B

Hope it's useful

Cheers
Jedo

[JackoH]

Very interesting. But as they do not use botanical names and it is an American site it's a bit difficult to ascertain which is which.
I believe that all wood dust should be treated with care as most are dangerous and carcinogenic. In other words always use your dust mask!

[woodturn.com.au]

Ha we had a young lad come in to work for us a few summers ago. He worked all summer and was getting sick all the time. We found out after the summer was over and he was back at uni. The poor little bugger was allergic to wood the poor guy just put up with it and keep working. I guess he really needed the money. Wish more employees were like that! Too bad he couldn't come back to work...