Boric acid and sodium borates are classified as toxic to reproduction in the CLP Regulation under "Category 1B" with the hazard statement of "H360FD". This classification is based on the reprotoxic effects of boric acid and sodium borates in animal experiments at high doses. However, boron...
Poison control experts seem to concur with Spangler on borax's safety. In fact, it's boric acid that is usually used as a pesticide, not borax. "I would not consider borax toxic when making homemade slime and following the instructions and with supervision. The last phrase is the caveat!
Actually boric acid which is in the same boron family as borax powder is what is used in insecticides as well as eye drops. Borax powder is laundry, some hand soaps and trace in fertilizer since it is mined through the ground. Through an intense processing borax powder can be turned into...
When you consider table salt or regular H2O is more toxic I just don’t believe you would be able to poison yourself with either Boric acid or Borax such as the 20 Mule team brand. The health benefits seem to be much greater, it appears to cure Arthritis, yeast infections, candida ...
BCEC proliferation. Pre-treatment of cells with 1 mM 4-PBA for 8 h abrogated additive effects of 40 μM ManN and 5 ng/ml VEGF and protected cells from toxic effect induced by 2 mM ManN.n = 3 independent samples. For each study, a representative experiment is shown from...
A precursor for boric acid Science projects such as green-colored fire,slime, andborax crystals Analytical chemistryborax bead test Flux for welding iron and steel How Safe Is Borax? Borax in the usual form of sodium tetraborate decahydrate is not acutely toxic, which means a large amount would...
The Internet is rife with homemade “green” cleaning recipes that seek to minimize toxic chemical exposure while saving money and maximizing environmental stewardship. Which is awesome. However, many of these recipes include the ingredient borax, that until recently has been touted as an all-natura...
Most first-generation antiviral nucleosides (including idoxuridine and trifluorothymidine) were poorly selective for virus-infected cells and proved to be too toxic for systemic administration; they are now used only for topical application. Instillation in the eye may occasionally cause an allergic rea...
I'm not nuts about over-the-counter drugs but the yogurt and cranberry juice just weren't getting the job done. So I researched a new-ish treatment of encapsulated boric acid, inserted vaginally. Weird, huh? Not when you think about it, because creating an acidic condition in the vagina...
The toxicity of anthranoid laxatives might, apart from their direct cytotoxic activity, be related to the effect of the laxatives on the defence mechanisms of the colonic epithelium making it more susceptible to other toxic agents. Figure 1 Structural formulas of anthranoid laxatives and ...