Chuck inquired, "ANYBODY ever know anybody who was diagnosed with cancer
as a direct result of exposure to wood dust?"
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Not sure how direct a cause the dust was, but I did know of such a case
in a weekend wood turner. Working as a welder of magnesium rods in a
nuclear generating facility while smoking 3 packs of bare-backed Camels
a day probably played no carcinogenic role since he was protected by a 4
in. thick asbestos blanket plus keeping a lifelong heavy suntan. Besides
that he was always careful to grease himself with used motor oil that
was washed off after work with xylene. Sadly, he was killed while
driving drunk just as the dreaded cancer was erroneously diagnosed. And
so young, too., only 93. HTH, Arch

Fortiter,