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Wood Toxicity
Saturday 14 January 2006, 08:00am - 09:30am
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This week's class on wood toxicity showed us why sometimes woodworking can be something to sneeze at. Will Reid and Jim Myrick covered the ways that working with wood can result in dermatological problems, allergic respiratory issues such as asthma and bronchitis, non-allergic rhinitis, and cancer.
We learned that safe levels of 1.0 to 15 mg / cubic meter are often exceeded in home woodworking shops and that most of us don't come close to the 5 to 50 times less than the standard that is recommended. We learned how particle size issues affect different parts of your lungs.
Most importantly Will and Jim taught us about the benefits and limits of various protection equipment including personal items - masks, respirators, clothing, and gloves; local exhaust ventilation solutions - down draft tables and lathe dust hoods; general air filtration systems - like the Jet AFS1000B and similar devices; and dust collection systems - from shop vacuums to cyclone dust and chip collectors.
Their excellent tip of the day is to wear a hat and coveralls in the shop that you can take off so that you don't carry that dust back into your house where everyone else will be exposed to it as well. The more you work in a woodworking shop, the more attention you need to pay to the affects of wood and wood dust on your health.
Thanks to Will and Jim for an excellent and informative class.
Paul Proffitt - President
We learned that safe levels of 1.0 to 15 mg / cubic meter are often exceeded in home woodworking shops and that most of us don't come close to the 5 to 50 times less than the standard that is recommended. We learned how particle size issues affect different parts of your lungs.
Most importantly Will and Jim taught us about the benefits and limits of various protection equipment including personal items - masks, respirators, clothing, and gloves; local exhaust ventilation solutions - down draft tables and lathe dust hoods; general air filtration systems - like the Jet AFS1000B and similar devices; and dust collection systems - from shop vacuums to cyclone dust and chip collectors.
Their excellent tip of the day is to wear a hat and coveralls in the shop that you can take off so that you don't carry that dust back into your house where everyone else will be exposed to it as well. The more you work in a woodworking shop, the more attention you need to pay to the affects of wood and wood dust on your health.
Thanks to Will and Jim for an excellent and informative class.
Paul Proffitt - President
Location Stone Mountain Power Tool Corporation / Kentec, Lilburn, GA