Killer compost heap!!

treeman

Hey Guys,

This was publish in the Daily Mail Newspaper in England
today. "Dr's issue warning after man dead from inhaling
the Aspergillus fungal spores, became ill less than 24hrs
after spreading rotting tree mulch". "Could be considered
an occupational hazard"."He had been engulfed by clouds
of dust while dispersing rotting tree mulch" said his wife.

This doesnt sound good guys the chap ended up with
kidney failure.

This leads on to the question should we be wearing masks
when loading woodchip?


treeman

Eric Frei

Do you have a link to an article or something.

I wonder, not every chip pile gets this stuff so what was it about his that made it so potent?

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treeman

I'll see what i can find, it says in the paper that the fungus
grows on soil, plant debris & rotting vegetation in the auturm
& winter. Its got the email for the reporter who wrote the
piece, if you want that, but i'll look a link.

treeman