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I think too many people (myself included) have thought incorrect things like, "Ah, wood is natural and can't hurt you". Not that wood is any more natural than l
by tibbon 7y ago
I think too many people (myself included) have thought incorrect things like, "Ah, wood is natural and can't hurt you". Not that wood is any more natural than lead, or arsenic. But it doesn't seem bad like inhaling smoke from things... and yet, it clearly is not good for you in the long term!
- dotancohen 7y agoWhenever I hear that something is "natural" and thus not a health danger, I ask the person if they would bite into a camel turd. Those are natural too. Don't even get me started on "chemical free".
- hammock 7y agoDon't forget treated wood does have arsenic...and fumes from poly, stains and varnishes can be pretty bad.
- rsync 7y agoI don't believe that treated (or, "pressure treated") wood is produced with arsenic anymore. I believe it (CCA: chromated copper arsenate) was phased out in 2003. I still treat the cutting of, and the sawdust from, treated wood more carefully - just out of habit - but I think it is fairly benign these days unless you get specially sourced wood for marine applications ... which is not what you're going to find down at the local lumber yard ...
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- lonelappde 7y agoI think it's just that people are literally and metaphorically blind to dangers that are invisible.