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StrawberryPigtails@lemmy.astaluk.icu to World News@beehaw.org · 2 years ago

Borax is the new Tide Pods and poison control experts are facepalming

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Borax is the new Tide Pods and poison control experts are facepalming

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StrawberryPigtails@lemmy.astaluk.icu to World News@beehaw.org · 2 years ago
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Borax is used in laundry detergent and is not safe to ingest.
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    So basically, people don’t understand chemistry and that boric acid and borax are different. Boric Acid has legitimate medical uses and is possibly less toxic than table salt.

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      Unless you’re an ant

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        Broic acid the borax of ants.

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        I think I just realized why my attempts at thwarting an ant invasion many years back failed catastrophically.

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