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J. Clarke

Lar wrote:

In article Emeqg.302778$5Z.167471@dukeread02, says...
Borax is so widely used it is virtually impossible to avoid exposure.
In some countries, it is even used in food. It can be used to control
fleas and carpenter ants. While some people feel it is very toxic, in
fact it has about the same toxicity as table salt (LD50 toxicity
:around
3,000 mg/kg body mass, if Wikipedia is to be believed).

Yet the biggest reason for recommendation of boric acid/borax usage
seems to be for the low toxicity exposure and it usually is many more
times toxic than any of the over the counter sprays used for insect
control.

So you're saying that RAID is less toxic than table salt?

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