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EmmaAndChester · 06-03-2020, 05:14 PM

Oh of course, but it would be interesting to know on that basis that phenols are only a concern when they're highly concentrated - so, if at a certain temp most were eradicated, then that would be good enough. Like spruce; it's a softwood, so naturally has phenols... but the phenols have been scientifically demonstrated to be so low than they are of no health concern. I do agree that kiln drying doesn't make a product safer; or at least we don't know that it does. i think this belief that kiln-dried pine is automatically safe stems from most people believing that the Germans use kiln-dried pine... but they don't; they use spruce, or majority spruce beddings.

Anyways haha; didn't meant to drag this off topic, I'll stop!

06-03-2020, 05:14 PM
EmmaAndChester Hamster Pup Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Dublin City, Ireland Posts: 162	Re: How to tell if bedding is suitable if it doesn't say what wood? Oh of course, but it would be interesting to know on that basis that phenols are only a concern when they're highly concentrated - so, if at a certain temp most were eradicated, then that would be good enough. Like spruce; it's a softwood, so naturally has phenols... but the phenols have been scientifically demonstrated to be so low than they are of no health concern. I do agree that kiln drying doesn't make a product safer; or at least we don't know that it does. i think this belief that kiln-dried pine is automatically safe stems from most people believing that the Germans use kiln-dried pine... but they don't; they use spruce, or majority spruce beddings. Anyways haha; didn't meant to drag this off topic, I'll stop!