Sour Smelling Wood, Dresser, Speakers. Why?

[wallee]

I have a dresser with drawers made out of compressed recycled wood and it has this musty sour dough smell. The smell gets in my clothes and I don't like it.

Then I just bought a new pair of Yamaha Speakers from Yamaha (note they are new). The subwoofer has some wood in it and also has this same smell.

My house is clean and dry. I have no pests. This smell has been in my dresser and speakers when I got them new. WHY?

What causes sour smelling wood? Is it chemicals? Is it mold? fungus?

Should I worry about my lung health? The smell doesn't travel very far only when I open the drawers or get within 1 foot of the speakers do I smell the light sourness.

I don't see any damage or wettness. It's just the annoying sour smell coming from somewhere.

How do I get rid of it? Wood oil? Orange polish? Or Sunlight?

[mark Ransley]

Sounds like glue smell

[Nospambob1]

I've used shellac to seal wood odors from newly made drawers for wifes' girl things. Zinsser Seal Coat is 2# cut dewaxed shellac with long shelf life compared to the fresh mixed stuff I make and can be wiped on the exposed wood surfaces to seal them.