Tung oil

<p>Dr Jay Goldstein has noted that many of his ME/CFS patients developed their illness after exposure to tung oil, a solvent used as a wood preservative.<a href="http://wayback.archive.org/web/20120413163624/http://www.cfids-cab.org/cfs-inform/Optimists/goldstein98.html" rel="nofollow" target="blank" >1</a>&nbsp;Dr Carol Jessop has also noted the association between tung oil exposure and ME/CFS.<a href="https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2209&dat=19860727&id=p5wrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=D_wFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6780,8254471" rel="nofollow" target="blank" >1</a>&nbsp;Tung oil, also known as China wood oil, is extracted from the seed of the tung tree (Vernicia fordii).<br />

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Tung oil is known to potently reactivate Epstein-Barr virus.<a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6297709" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" >1</a>&nbsp;The phorbol ester HHPA in tung oil reactivates EBV.</p>