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RESEARCH PAPER
Selected environmental aspects of the introduction into the polish market of exotic wood species on the example of caviuna (Machaerium scleroxylon Tul.)
Andrzej Krauss 1
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Hanna Krauss 2
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Bogusława Waliszewska 1
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Jacek Piątek 2,3
 
 
 
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Poznan University of Life Sciences, Faculty of Wood Technology, Poznań, Poland
 
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Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine I, Poznań, Poland
 
3
Institute of Rural Health, Lublin, Poland
 
 
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Andrzej Krauss   

Poznan University of Life Sciences, Faculty of Wood Technology, Poznań, Poland
 
 
Ann Agric Environ Med. 2011;18(2):345-349
 
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KEYWORDS
exotic wood
toxic properties
chemical propertied
chemical composition
caviuna
 
ABSTRACT
The chemical and elemental composition of caviuna wood was determined. The elemental composition of the examined wood was similar to the elemental composition of the deciduous tree species of the temperate zone except that it did not contain sulphur. The examined wood was found to comprise a very high content of extractive substances which could contain toxic substances, as well as a considerably higher proportion than in other palisander species mineral compounds determining tool dulling. Numerous cases of diseases were recorded among people who came into contact with the examined wood. An elevated level of eosinophils was found in these people. It was confirmed that Caviuna wood, following its introduction into the trade turnover of exotic wood species, posed many threats in the working environment.
 
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