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Re: Material: wood sensitivity
By:Rick Allnutt
Date: 11/18/2002, 8:05 am
In Response To: Material: wood sensitivity (John Skinner)

My Preventive Medicine Texts show Red Cedar, South African Boxwood, and Rosewood (Dalbergia) as a cause of airway disease. Each can cause chronic bronchitis with continued exposure.

(If you want the original source and have access to a medical library it was published by the American Thorasic Society in their "American Review of Respiratory Disease" Vol 108 p 1094 in 1973. The author was Chan-Yeung et.al.)

As you proceed with the fiberglassing, also be aware that the epoxy (esp the hardener) is also a sensitizer.

Rick

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Material: wood sensitivity
John Skinner -- 11/17/2002, 10:43 pm
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Rick Sylvia -- 11/19/2002, 5:21 pm
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Steve Rasmussen -- 11/20/2002, 10:35 am
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Scott Ferguson -- 11/18/2002, 2:36 pm
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Steve Rasmussen -- 11/18/2002, 11:27 am
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Steve Rasmussen -- 11/18/2002, 11:47 am
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Greg Bridges -- 11/18/2002, 11:27 am
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Jay Babina -- 11/18/2002, 8:57 am
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Rick Sylvia -- 11/19/2002, 8:27 am
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Rick Allnutt -- 11/18/2002, 8:05 am