RE: Urushi

From: Peter Ross (peteross@cloudhandsmusic.com)
Date: Wed Dec 04 2002 - 11:53:41 PST


>Bill,

Maybe it wasn't a growth but epoxy resin stuck on your chin.

Peter

>Conversely I developed a small growth on my chin when I used epoxy resin
>(exact type unknown) to replace material I had overzealously removed
>from the mouthpiece of a Shakuhachi. It's gone now (the growth), I
>shaved it off by mistake a few years ago and it didn't return. This
>could be an unrelated coincidence of course... I wonder about the
>possible carcinogenic properties of the materials used in casting a
>resin bore...being an old hippy I think I'd prefer the natural poisons
>(I certainly enjoyed a few of them in my youth!). Any knowledgeable
>folk out there know about epoxy type resins and their carcinogenic
>properties?
>
>
>Bill O'Connor.
>Nagano-Ken, Japan.
>
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