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Alpine Guy 
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Posted: July 08, 2004 at 11:19 PM / IP Logged  

I worked 8 hours just with mdf 1 day, and after that i had burns/rash all over my skin, , , there must be something acidic in the wood.

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The wood particles are typically bonded with a glue that contains formaldyhide. So definitely make sure you use a blade that is sharp, so you don't have any binding and burning action.  A good blade to use would be an all purpose 40 tooth ATB carbide tip blade. 
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Formaldyhide is cancerous? Really hope thats not in there.
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It looks like MDF has formaldehyde in it. to make matters worse, i read this article that says that soft-wood dusts can cause occupational asthma and cancer and they found increased incidence of nasal cancer in English furniture makers several years ago. Read this to find out more: Chemical Hazards Handbook: BECTU tackes MDF
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Yeah .. after one night of working w/ MDF my throat was scratchy.  Went out and bought a mask w/ filter and had no problems after that.  Definitely some nasty sh*t in there.
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