Cedar Wood Sauna Toxic

All wildwood grilling cedar planks are made from western red cedar.

Cedar wood sauna toxic.

This is the safest and most recommended for cedar plank cooking. Western red cedar is delicious and non toxic. Composite woods are made of a mixture of wood fibers plastics glues and other binding agents. But in the case of cedar and hemlock and other softwoods the chemicals that produce the scent they give off can be to some people annoying or intolerable even dangerous.

If what was being outgassed from wood into the air was harmless say like the smell of vanilla from a baking cake this wouldn t be a problem. Native to the pacific northwest and the original cedar wood used in traditional native american cooking. However some may be sensitive to the cedar odors. Never use synthetic wood in a sauna.

No ventilation or air circulation can prevent this.