Chips toxic ?
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Good info. thanks!!! I will use a mask when around moldy/marginal chips.
If anyone needs incentive to dump chips more frequently I once heard a news story of a chip truck spontaneously bursting into flames as a result of chip compost gases (organic matter composting produces methane right?) and heat. Once I chipped in light rain (advantageous amount of added water) and left the load for a few days and then when dumping noticed the white moldy chips were so hot that I couldn’t hold my hand down under the surface. Heard that news story a short time latter and had no problem believing it - cured.
If anyone needs incentive to dump chips more frequently I once heard a news story of a chip truck spontaneously bursting into flames as a result of chip compost gases (organic matter composting produces methane right?) and heat. Once I chipped in light rain (advantageous amount of added water) and left the load for a few days and then when dumping noticed the white moldy chips were so hot that I couldn’t hold my hand down under the surface. Heard that news story a short time latter and had no problem believing it - cured.
Got the toxic chips chest. Chip truck went without dumping all last week and I had to dump Friday. Tried to hold my breath shoveling ships but it didn't work. Went to the Dr today and got oral steroids and an albuterol inhaler. They said to give it a week and if it doesn't get better then chest x rays. I'm beat, feel like crap and overall sick. Told the boss about it. He has never heard of it in the "30 years I've been doing this". It had to turn into a heated debate to get him to but a respirator for the chip truck. I don't understand his pushback on everything. I hope the Dr is correct in thinking its just an allergic reaction not a fungal infection in my lungs. None the less I feel like a bucket of hammered dog shit. Never again. I'll leave the truck half full if it doesn't completely dump next time. Not worth the risk of serious illness. January feels like a long time away. I can't wait to put this company experience behind me.
Still sick. Day 10. Went to the Dr again today. Chest x ray clear. Blood and white blood cells in my urine. Urine culture, 2 blood cultures, 6 tubes of blood for tests from lyme, legionella, aspergillosis, liver/kidney function, autoimmune disorders, and just about everything else you can imagine. They have no idea. I've done prednisone, albuterol, zpack, some other stuff. Achy, increase in urination and flank pain, low-grade fever. This is frigging crazy. Should find out all the test results by friday. Also had an ultrasound on my kidneys and bladder.
It's great you have checked the medical things you have, and it's great so many have come up clear. When you have run out all the options there that you think are viable there is another place to check.
Our bodies can produce an allergic type response to just about anything, and maybe especially to foreign proteins like mold particles. This can have an increased chance of happening in a situation where there are strong negative emotions up - like perhaps being way done with an employment situation.
NAET (Nambudrapods Allergy Ellimination Technique ) is a simple method of testing what your body is negatively responding to and clearing it. I see there is a practitioner within driving distance of Suffolk, VA. (Pretty affordable to.)
Our bodies can produce an allergic type response to just about anything, and maybe especially to foreign proteins like mold particles. This can have an increased chance of happening in a situation where there are strong negative emotions up - like perhaps being way done with an employment situation.
NAET (Nambudrapods Allergy Ellimination Technique ) is a simple method of testing what your body is negatively responding to and clearing it. I see there is a practitioner within driving distance of Suffolk, VA. (Pretty affordable to.)
