Does anyone know what the difference is between borax and boric acid?
We have boric acid on the shelf in our pharmacy. One website says this:
http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/aug2000/967602781.Bc.r.html
Commercially, boric acid is used for fireproofing cloth, glazing
pottery, hardening steels, making electroplating baths and making
artificial gems. Boric acid; however, is never to be ingested, it is a
poison. It is used in powder form as a pesticide to kill ants,
cockroaches, fleas, silverfish, crickets and other pests.
another web site says this:
http://www.natbat.com/docs/boron.htm
If you believe aspirin or table salt is dangerous, poisonous or in some
other way life threatening, then you probably should not use borates.
If, on the other hand, you can rationally look at the comparative data,
you will probably come to the conclusion that boric acid and Boron No.
10 are among the safest of choices for making cotton-batting flame
retardant.
G Murray
ransley wrote:
*Borax is mined out of the ground and is perfectly edible, despite being
sold as a laundry cleaner complete with warnings not to eat it because They
(The Powers That Be) don't want you to know how effective it is. TOO much,
as in spoonfuls, is poisonous, but what won't kill you if you take TOO much?
