cedar poisoning????

It depends what kind of cedar you used. Red cedar causes sensitivity in more people than white cedar.

Cedar grows in wet ground well. One thing that it has to adapt to this environment and fight the bacteria that would rot it out while still young is that it has it's own aromatic oils and some toxic compounds. cedars that grow in jungle areas of the world have more of these than those that grow in colder, drier places. These are the toxins that keep cedar fence posts from rotting and that make a closet smell nice while repelling moths.

If you didn't have a reaction to the dust while actually doing the sanding, you have little to worry about. Most woodworkers who create cedar dust learn eventually that it is good to wear a dust mask.

I have quit using Port Orford cedaar very much because it has irritated the sinuses of my crew members and it landed me in the hospital with a lung irritation that gave me symptoms like a heart attack, great pain with every atempt to breathe in.

Ouch! I know that feeling, had it with drywall dust, gave me flu like symptoms and made me sick for weeks. Another wood to watch out for that is extremly hazardous is ebony, its dust has the same properties as asbestos, and proper precautions must be made when working with it.

It's interesting. In some tabloid type magazine, I came across an artile saying that twenty substances were just added to the official list of things that are know to be able to cause cancer. it said, "some kinds of wood dust like cabinet makers use" but failed to let us in on the big secret.

Got a cedar splinter in my eyebrow.. Caused a bad infection, along with a headache and fever.

Breathing in any dust is bad for you, wear a good mask.

I'm a woodcarver and my lungs have been worse since working with red cedar.

Apparently Red cedar makes me feel dehydratred. My lips eyes nose and mouth burn. Not to mention I cant seem to wake up. Im super lethargic

Cedar and many of the other aromatics are in fact slightly toxic. Or I should say they contain chemicals which are toxic to humans, especially in the presence of heat, which decouples the oils from their host (the wood)

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Yeah, it's toxic. Cost me a trip to the emergency room -- couldn't breathe after milling some cedar and then cleaning up all the dust -- the problem is exacerbated because sawing doesn't create "sawdust" but turns the stuff into a fine powder. Always wear a mask and cut cedar in a well-ventilated area.

Just cut cedar with oil paint on it using planars orbitals and a chop saw. My head feels like it's going to explode. Cedar is garbage for carpenters

Two days ago I swept up a bunch of fine, powdered, cedar dust. Now I'm home from work with acute bronchitis

I cook some herbs for tee bay accident there was a pees of cedar tree is that OK I drink 2 cups ?

Thanks for the info.
Random info but many of the aromatic compounds found in vegetation are created as poison to defend the trees against insects etc. Peat forests in the tropics are famous for not being decomposed by insects and detrivores because the water is so full of the oils etc that almost everything in there dies. I think the cedar is similar to this and in small concentrations is probably not terrible for humans but is worse with more exposure especially with dust. Using a good quality mask is definitely the best

Of course excluding flowers that smell nice to attract birds and insects (those aromatics are still generally bad in high concentrations on your skin)

I just sanded down a cedar block and feel awful.. new to woodworking and didn't know. appreciate the info

I ran a bunch of cedar through varios
saws yesterday, and had the same thing bother me as another commenter... couldn't wake up all the way, slept all afternoon and through the night. Very abnormal and uncomfortable for me.

Bob Vela Barry Henry I was working in the barn 2016 November 18 I suck down a bunch of western red cedar and I had a heart attack but it wasn’t it was a hiatal hernia and my lungs expanded hyperextended lungs check all that out the local labor and industry state of Washington rejected my claim but I had a Same symptoms as you did couldn’t breathe please respond back I Have Court, October 27 on the phone did they diagnosed me out the hospital as a mentally ill !!! they said it never happened I still suffer right now with burnt esophagus Heidel hernia strangulated and they will not give me the medical I need. I don’t believe it happened I swear it did just like yours !!!!!

Bob Vela Barry Henry I was working in the barn 2016 November 18 I suck down a bunch of western red cedar and I had a heart attack but it wasn’t it was a hiatal hernia and my lungs expanded hyperextended lungs check all that out the local labor and industry state of Washington rejected my claim but I had a Same symptoms as you did couldn’t breathe please respond back I Have Court, October 27 on the phone did they diagnosed me out the hospital as a mentally ill !!! they said it never happened I still suffer right now with burnt esophagus Heidel hernia strangulated and they will not give me the medical I need. I don’t believe it happened I swear it did just like yours !!!!!

I sure could use your help as an expert injured worker from Cedar poisoning the heart attack thing and hard to breathe it hit me hard for 20 minutes and then I just was so tired I slept for 3 1/2 four months after this I’m falling back on my feet other injuries happen now but that one was real I got cedar poisoning what type of test did you take for the cedar poisoning respond back please. ???!

Sounds like you've got mold mycotoxin problems & cedar created a scenario that aggrevated & set it off. I've been thru similar, and a $400 test will tell ya for sure. Took me 15 yrs own my own to figure out what was wrong with me. I hear Washington state like Missouri is high humidity, etc. From what you described & the length you were sleepy, etc. I'd check the mold. Dad got where cedar tree pollen kept him in the house till it was over. Mold mycotoxins compromise your immune system over the years. Aint tryin to stick my nose in your business, but I'd check into it. Regular Dr's won't help either. They don't know & don't believe what moldcdoes to people. I almost died twice & going on year 27 of this lonely journey. All mold mycotoxin testing & Dr's are cash only, cause insurance doest cover it. The government tells you its bad, but won't commit to telling people but it's toxic. I've taken test results to Dr's & they don't know what a mycotoxin is. One in four people are deathly allergic to mold mycotoxins. I think it's the worse epidemic of all, even covid, cause nobody cares enough to stand up & help people. Dr's treat symptoms & dontvworry about causes. When was the last time you saw the Hipacratic Oath in a Dr's office. The year 2000 & before. That's what turned people loose to profit off others sickness & make you feel good about it to boot. Big Pharma...there's big Medical too. Again, forgive for saying my piece but I don't think cedar hit you thst hard. I've got it all over my farm & it'll set other problems such as mold related things depending on your immune systems condition.