Wear a Dust Mask!
Posted: Tue May 15, 2012 4:19 pm
A bloke I've known slightly for many years is (or as of now, was) a very good furniture maker, specializing in clever re-use of recycled timber.
He's dying. Horribly. Of oropharyngeal cancer. It started as what seemed to be a dental abscess, but after the tooth was removed the hole continued to enlarge. Ate away most of his palate. Drastic surgery and reconstruction got a palate back, but the tumour recurred. He has just gone blind because the tumours have grown to such an extent they've swallowed up his eyes.
Wood dust and formaldehyde fumes are a frequent cause of this.
That includes the dust kicked up in making flutes, whistles and pipes.
Use an extractor hood. Wear a mask. Whatever it takes.
He's dying. Horribly. Of oropharyngeal cancer. It started as what seemed to be a dental abscess, but after the tooth was removed the hole continued to enlarge. Ate away most of his palate. Drastic surgery and reconstruction got a palate back, but the tumour recurred. He has just gone blind because the tumours have grown to such an extent they've swallowed up his eyes.
Wood dust and formaldehyde fumes are a frequent cause of this.
That includes the dust kicked up in making flutes, whistles and pipes.
Use an extractor hood. Wear a mask. Whatever it takes.