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Originally Posted by duncan Agreed George ,good point. In normal use the gas given off is also a health hazard. Gives the symptoms of a cold, stuffy nose,runny eyes etc but a cyanide component in the stuff may have further serious consequences. Anybody with medical knowledge? Well ventilated work space etc,of course, but we all tend to ignore warnings until it is too late. How many of us have an extractor fan ? Balsa dust IS another item we forget about too easily.....says he, on 60 fags a day!  |
*** Interesting thing that about balsa dust,wonder what the long term effects of balsa dust inhalation are ? without being alarmist it makes one wonder ? the old Solarbo advertisements used to tell us about the by-products of balsa,one was that the dust was used in cattle fodder !! no doubt the reclaimed board specialists use all sorts of things including balsa dust,not much goes to waste these days.
I believe the older plastic woods (pre acrylic formulae that is ) used balsa dust as a constituent and wartime magazines advertise a 'plastic balsa' filler once available in tubes.
But does anyone know about the dangers of balsa dust and is there any written notes on this ? with todays risk analysis surely there must be something ?