Have you never heard of penicillin? Molds have been contesting their
dinner with bacteria for billions of years. The toxins they have stumbled
upon are antibiotics, and _allergens_ to many.

Not to mention the make-the-world-safe-for-bacteria society would descend on
you for fostering resistant strains.

Tell her you don't know, because birch ain't brie.

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Tell her it won't hurt her. She's not going to be breathing in what
extremely few dormant spores there could be in there as long as she takes
care of the bowl and doesn't let it go to dust. g This also assumes
that
you have let the bowl get below 20% RH for a few weeks before you apply
any
finish to it.