Toxicity Of Various Woods

[Spitunia]

Was looking for something totally unrelated and bumped into this...who'd a thunk.
I've had to use paper masks on cabinet projects but didn't have a clue about long term irritants and such.

http://www.woodbin.com/ref/etc/wood_toxicity_table.htm

[hank-aye]

Pool cue maker's have been talkin 'bout that stuff fer years, I thought it was kinda common knowledge,
Got caught 'assumein' again 

[bull frog]

Thank you Spitunia for this Information, had some severe reactions in the past from wood dust and almost got put in the hospital on a couple of occations.  Started working with some of the more exotic woods lately...mostly from Africa and south America...about a dozen of these woods are on this list.  I try to use a mask but....have a tendency to get busy and forget to put it on at times.  This list will help me be more careful with the ones that tend to be more toxic....thanks again.

[beowulf]

I work a fair bit with maple ,didnt know it could cause problems . purple heart I knew about ,had a bad reaction to it back in 95 or 96 . not only does it mess up your lungs and sinuses ,it gives you a rash similar to poison ivy !

[Spitunia]

Started a cabinet for the pantry on Friday. Finished last night. Got my left eye all red and irritated from wood dust. Duh.

[DandJofAZ]

Got irritated, black lunged and plugged up working the mill with clear heart red wood..learned to wear a mask when working with it..

[William]

Learned about the danger of paduk in high school.  I also found that the dust from cypress was irritating as well.

[switchkid0]

  Hi fellas.
  I'm new here, but wanted to chime in on this one.
  I used to do quite a bit of knife work, and didn't know that I was VERY allergic to Rosewood.
  Came on kind of like poison ivy, but spread everywhere (ever have poison ivy in your nose?).
  I was very nearly hospitalized.
  Now, I'm hyper-sensitive to the stuff.  And, poison ivy, oak, etc... is ten times as bad as it was.

  Be careful, and be aware of what you're working with.  I always used eye protection, but now it's a mask as well.
  And I never go near Rosewood.

   Cheers,
   Richard Larimer

[DandJofAZ]

Aren't allergies something??  Never know what will get you...