ANST - purple heart

[Mauer, Eric]

>From a wood toxicity data sheet I've got floating around....

WOOD
Purpleheart   		

REACTION
I - irritant 
S - sensitizer  	

SITE
S - skin
R - resp 

POTENCY 
++

SOURCE  
D - dust
W - wood 

INCIDENCE 
C - common

I've also heard that repeated exposure can cause silicosis of the lungs,
though I've been unable to verify this. From personal experience, I've had
significant skin irritation from both the dust and the wood. Finished, it
shouldn't pose a problem, though I'd avoid having the kids chew on it. I'd
at the very least advise a good dust mask.

Alaric
 

Eric Mauer
Customer Care Team Lead
Austin Customer Operations
AT&T Wireless Services
Office: 512-436-7354   Fax: 512-436-7708
eric.mauer at attws.com

"Be very, very careful what you put into that head, because you will
never, ever get it out." 
Thomas Cardinal Wolsey (1471-1530) 



-----Original Message-----
From: psobaka at myriad.net [mailto:psobaka at myriad.net]
Sent: Monday, October 23, 2000 7:04 PM
To: ansteorra at ansteorra.org
Subject: ANST - purple heart


Is purple heart wood toxic? 
Plachoya Sobaka insignificant archer; Ravens Fort, Kingdom of Ansteorra
Southern Reagional Archery Marshal

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