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> And many plants are poisonous at readily-achievable accidental exposure levels. Of course because there are many many plants. The wood Gidgee - which "maybe

> And many plants are poisonous at readily-achievable accidental exposure levels. Of course because there are many many plants. The wood Gidgee - which "maybe maybe" poisoned someone in an afternoons exposure - is not known to be "poisonous" to the wood-database: "Allergies/Toxicity: Besides the standard health risks associated with any type of wood dust, no further health reactions have been associated with Gidgee. See the articles Wood Allergies and Toxicity and Wood Dust Safety for more information." https://www.wood-database.com/gidgee/ https://www.wood-database.com/gidgee/

pvaldes 8y ago
Acacia is not an easy genus, even for specialists. There are around a thousand species worldwide. Wood-Database talks about 'Gidgee wood' as a product of two species of Acacia: The Stinking Gidgee (Acacia cambedesi) and The western Gidgee (Acacia pruinocarpa). I couldn't find a mention to the third, closely related and similar Georgina Gidgee (Acacia georginae) naturalised in US, and also known as the poisonous Gidgee. Creates a product very toxic for mammals, small and big, to the point to be sold as rodent poison. Just a few mouthfuls of leaves can kill cattle. I don't know if the compound is stored in the wood (probably not, or we would know it). Leaves of Acacia often contain Cyanide. Bark can contain Tanines and also alcaloids like DMT, according to the species.
- strainer 8y ago
  Apple seeds contain cyanide - many plants do. Perfectly healthy levels of tannins are in loads of food. DMT is produced in every living animal, alkaloids are present in every potato and tomato. We know not to eat tomato vines - you're concerned someone noticeably poisoned themselves from milligrams of wood dust inhalation with sweeping associations in mind. Its a flight of fancy. I believe it is advisable though to avoid breathing much of any kind of dust, wood, graphite, talc, stone.. by avoiding breathing any where possible.
  - pvaldes 8y ago
    The fact that many plants were selected for hundreds of years to be more edible that their wild counterparts does not make Acacia more edible in any way. I don't know if inhalating Acacia wood dust could produce the strange effect of not being able to hold a telephone in your hands for a while, but I'm certainly sure that is a genus that evolved to use fearsome chemicals. Georgina Gidgee mess with the Krebs cycle that provides energy to the cells. My advise is still the same. Take this in mind if you want to manipulate it, and don't understimate its potential to harm you, even at sublethal doses. If you start experimenting strange sensations when you do some exotic wood work in your batcave at the basement, stop, quit the area and open the windows if you don't have an air extractor. Even if you trust the provider botanical skills and think that they never would give you a similar and cheaper species of wood by accident.
    - strainer 8y ago
      Its not that strange to have exhausted hands after some hard craftwork ;)

pvaldes 8y ago

Acacia is not an easy genus, even for specialists. There are around a thousand species worldwide. Wood-Database talks about 'Gidgee wood' as a product of two species of Acacia: The Stinking Gidgee (Acacia cambedesi) and The western Gidgee (Acacia pruinocarpa). I couldn't find a mention to the third, closely related and similar Georgina Gidgee (Acacia georginae) naturalised in US, and also known as the poisonous Gidgee. Creates a product very toxic for mammals, small and big, to the point to be sold as rodent poison. Just a few mouthfuls of leaves can kill cattle. I don't know if the compound is stored in the wood (probably not, or we would know it). Leaves of Acacia often contain Cyanide. Bark can contain Tanines and also alcaloids like DMT, according to the species.

strainer 8y ago
Apple seeds contain cyanide - many plants do. Perfectly healthy levels of tannins are in loads of food. DMT is produced in every living animal, alkaloids are present in every potato and tomato. We know not to eat tomato vines - you're concerned someone noticeably poisoned themselves from milligrams of wood dust inhalation with sweeping associations in mind. Its a flight of fancy. I believe it is advisable though to avoid breathing much of any kind of dust, wood, graphite, talc, stone.. by avoiding breathing any where possible.
- pvaldes 8y ago
  The fact that many plants were selected for hundreds of years to be more edible that their wild counterparts does not make Acacia more edible in any way. I don't know if inhalating Acacia wood dust could produce the strange effect of not being able to hold a telephone in your hands for a while, but I'm certainly sure that is a genus that evolved to use fearsome chemicals. Georgina Gidgee mess with the Krebs cycle that provides energy to the cells. My advise is still the same. Take this in mind if you want to manipulate it, and don't understimate its potential to harm you, even at sublethal doses. If you start experimenting strange sensations when you do some exotic wood work in your batcave at the basement, stop, quit the area and open the windows if you don't have an air extractor. Even if you trust the provider botanical skills and think that they never would give you a similar and cheaper species of wood by accident.
  - strainer 8y ago
    Its not that strange to have exhausted hands after some hard craftwork ;)