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Borax is the new Tide Pods and poison control experts are facepalming (arstechnica.com)

submitted 1 year ago by StrawberryPigtails@lemmy.astaluk.icu to c/news

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[–] hglman@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] collegefurtrader@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Unless you’re an ant

[–] hglman@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

Broic acid the borax of ants.

[–] nzodd 2 points 1 year ago

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