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  Graham Taylor April 13, 2018 at 9:03am

  I think "deadly poisonous" is a bit of an overkill!!    I'm sure "verve" would be well aware of any potential problems with products they produce and the the consequent risk of being sued. The seeds, if crushed, are certainly very poisonous but the rest of the tree is far less so. I'm sure we've all cut yew braches and theoretically exposed ourselves to the dust.......  I certainly suffered no ill effects.  There's often large quantities of yew debris under the trees............. I've raked this up..... must have breathed quite a bit of "dust" in (if there was any)............... I'm still here!   I'd say don't worry about it ..... life's too short....... no, it won't get shorter with Yew bark:)
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  Dave Colton April 13, 2018 at 8:54pm

  Yew is deadly to horses but only to us when or if we eat the seeds, i would think the plants that process the stuff would use any native tree delivered to them.
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  Rob April 13, 2018 at 10:30pm

  Thanks guys. I have been informed by B and Q that Yew is  quite a hard wood and that most  commerila chippings are by products of the timber industry so were unlikely to be Yew.
  
  I have a picture to show you guys anyway if you can identify this tree.
  
  Thanks,
  
  Rob
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    Richard Gadsby > Rob April 13, 2018 at 10:44pm

    B and q is wrong yew is softwood.

    still would not worry
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      Rob > Richard Gadsby April 13, 2018 at 10:51pm

      I think its classed as a hard softwood. As in  technically its a softwood but its harder than some hardwoods.
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        Richard Gadsby > Rob April 13, 2018 at 11:06pm

        really?
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          Graham Taylor > Richard Gadsby April 13, 2018 at 11:38pm

          ... and Balsa is a soft hardwood!

           
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            Richard Gadsby > Graham Taylor April 14, 2018 at 1:44am

            Yet still hardwood!

            I can’t believe I’m even having this conversation.

             

            as to breathing in dust from it I can’t remember the last time it was dusty outside August last year springs to mind!
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  David Benson April 13, 2018 at 11:06pm

  if its bark chip and not wood chip a lot of it comes from fence post manufacture or simmular where they peal the bark off before processing so most of it is pine