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  2. People are eating borax. Why? Here's what experts say ... - AOL

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    People are ingesting borax. Also known by its chemical name sodium borate decahydrate, borax is a salt typically used to kill ants and boost laundry detergent, among other household cleaning needs ...

  3. Borax - Wikipedia

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    Overexposure to borax dust can cause respiratory irritation, while no skin irritation is known to exist due to external borax exposure. Ingestion may cause gastrointestinal distress including nausea, persistent vomiting, abdominal pain, and diarrhea. Effects on the vascular system and human brain include headaches and lethargy but are less ...

  4. Drinking borax is the latest TikTok trend medical authorities ...

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    Borax has been banned in U.S. food products, but some people on TikTok have falsely suggested that adding a pinch of it to their water could reduce inflammation and help with joint pain, or that ...

  5. Disodium octaborate - Wikipedia

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    Disodium octaborate is a borate of sodium, a chemical compound of sodium, boron, and oxygen — a salt with elemental formula Na 2 B 8 O 13 or (Na +) 2 [B 8 O 13] 2−, also written as Na 2 O·4B 2 O 3.

  6. Boric acid - Wikipedia

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    The solution of orthoboric acid and borax in 4:5 ratio is used as a fire retarding agent of wood by impregnation. [38] It is also used in the manufacturing of ramming mass, a fine silica-containing powder used for producing induction furnace linings and ceramics. Boric acid is added to borax for use as welding flux by blacksmiths. [39]

  7. ‘No borax no glue’ is latest TikTok trend — and it comes from ...

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    A Feb. 17 video posted by @Madisdawgs, taking part in the trend, reads “how to not care no borax no glue.” It has garnered over 3.8 million views as of Feb. 20.

  8. Borate - Wikipedia

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    Borax crystals. Common borate salts include sodium metaborate (NaBO 2) and borax. Borax is soluble in water, so mineral deposits only occur in places with very low rainfall. Extensive deposits were found in Death Valley and shipped with twenty-mule teams from 1883 to 1889. In 1925, deposits were found at Boron, California on the edge of the ...

  9. 11 common bug bites — and photos to help you identify them

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    Fire ants also sting humans, Frye says, which can cause small pus-filled bumps on the skin, according to the Cleveland Clinic. Other symptoms: Ant bites are typically painful and itchy.