Dangerous wood chip???

[Steve Bullman]

Anyone happen to have any images of mold on wood chip piles I could have please?

[Gav73]

I get pretty regular drop offs of woodchip and I’ve always tried to move it/use it the same day or at the very worst the following day.

Firstly because once it starts to break down it always seems heavier and secondly because I didn’t like the smell of the steam - guessing that my eagerness to shift it has done me a favour!

[Khriss]

2 hours ago, Retired Climber said:

Let's think of Khriss as the hypothetical man on the Clapham omnibus. Based on the post we are discussing, do you think he's capable of analysing data and coming to a reasonable conclusion? 

Probably, cos that is often my job assessing trees. Whereas being judgemental, condescending and making assumptions is obviously yours. K

[Khriss]

2 hours ago, Rough Hewn said:

Change khriss to Retired climber…

Now now.. K

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

1 hour ago, Steve Bullman said:

Anyone happen to have any images of mold on wood chip piles I could have please?

 

[Stubby]

Anyone had one catch fire ?

[sime42]

I know a couple of tree surgeons with an incurable fungal lung disease, presumably from cutting decaying wood frequently.
Strangely my dad also has this, but he was an art teacher🤷🏽‍♂️

This is "Farmers Lung", or a variation of I think. That's a fungal lung disease, in that case from handling mouldy hay in confined spaces