Well, the allergies are normally to chemicals in the wood, and the usual
suspects are those you can smell in the plank. Woods durable in ground
contact are, because they contain fungicides, just as woods from insect-rich
tropical areas contain powerful insecticides.

Least factor is the mechanical irritant provided by the particle itself.

Some government stuff.
http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/wis30.pdf
http://www.osha.gov/Publications/osha3157.pdf

Alleged M.D.
http://www.riparia.org/toxic_woods.htm

Stay away from lawyer or advocacy sites, they'll scare you out of the shop.


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