From: Subject: Toxic Woods List Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 09:22:19 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Location: http://www.mimf.com/archives/toxic.htm X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3028 Toxic Woods List This is an archived file from the Musical Instrument Makers=20 Forum
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The following information is reprinted with permission from data = provided by=20 Roy Banner, a wood turner from Torrance, California who almost lost his = life in=20 1989 to anaphylactic shock after turning pieces of exotic wood. You can = bet Roy=20 wears his RACAL respirator every time he turns on his lathe now! Roy has = assembled this data over the years from various sources and when an = entry=20 appears in red, this indicates that the = information=20 has come from only one source and has not been verified elsewhere. Some = of the=20 information here has come as a surprise to me and its a wonder I've = never had a=20 toxic reaction to wood that I've been aware of. As a luthier, I've = worked with a=20 lot of exotics, but as a wood collector I've worked with lots more = strange stuff=20 from all over the world with no ill effects. Each of us is different and = you can=20 call me old "iron gut".

Sorry that this file is such a patchwork effort and may be difficult = to=20 follow, and that Latin names of woods are not included. I can't judge = with any=20 authority the validity of the information presented here and it's up to = the=20 user's discretion to further research any wood themselves, though Roy = has told=20 me the information here has appeared in several woodworking magazines = (for what=20 that's worth). Take this as a jumping off point. You might also want to = check=20 out The = Botanical=20 Dermatology Database.

After each wood name comes categories between slashes / /:

Note that=20 this data does not take into consideration Man's penchant for trying to = poison=20 himself by using formaldehyde in plywood, treated woods, sodium = compounds in=20 white pine to prevent blue stain, etc.
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