OT - allergenic firewood?

YES--According to Allergenica

jim reed @ tallahassee


>Schinus molle

Common name(s): Pepper Tree

Allergenic properties: Dermatitis, eye irritation and respiratory

Poisonous?

This is according to their website

Initial test is enough ! . . .

Steve Mackay


>Here in El Paso, with the "zero-scape", they've put in a BUNCH of trees & scrub NOBODY knows what they are. I asked and got blank looks. I scavange the desert for dumped trimmings and such. We burned one "something" that, well, did'nt make us sick, just gave me the "wiilies". If theres any doubt forget it ! Not worth it.

Thanks. This forum comes through again

Bill Houghton, retired fun in Sebastopol, CA


>The collective knowledge here is fantastic.

Thanks, Jim - I did a little more looking, and there is documentation of allergic reactions to people sitting on furniture made of the wood. Dang. I was drying some nice burls from it, too, but I'm not taking any chances.

I learned alot

jim reed @ tallahassee


>about allergic reaction woods when I turned a pen from a beautiful piece of Cocobolo. During the six weeks of itch I had lots of time on line to learn that the Rosewood family contains woods that cause serious allergic reactions in some people. Good luck with your (domestic hardwood) woodworking!

Re: I learned alot

david charlesworth


>Jim,

I became violently allergic to Cocobolo dust when sanding the handle etc on my Shepherd plane kit.

Best wishes,

David C

Any inspirational suggestions

Bill Houghton, retired fun in Sebastopol, CA


>on what to do with this stuff? We sure don't want to trigger any more allergies than we've already got in this family, but we hate to see the wood go to waste.

Send to dump

jimreed@tallahassee


>It is like poison ivy.