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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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   Borax is used in pest control solutions because it is toxic to ants and rats. Because it is slow-acting, worker ants will carry the borax to their nests and poison the rest of the colony. [ 23 ] Borax is more effective than zinc borate for termite control but a 1997 paper concluded that exposing at least 10% of the total colony population was ...

4. Are the ants marching into your Kansas City home? Here ... - AOL

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   Ants tend to retreat into Kansas City area houses, searching for food and shelter from the rain. Insect expert Jeff Whitworth joked that ants are doing you a favor. ... Borax is the one exception ...

5. 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]

6. Getting the Bugs Out: 22 Cheap, Natural Ways to Rid ... - AOL

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   Fleas, spiders, termites, flies, centipedes, ants, bedbugs, cockroaches — these icky intruders won't give up. But keeping them away doesn't require expensive chemical pesticides.

7. Sodium borate - Wikipedia

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   Thus borax, for example, is still often described as a decahydrate Na 2 B 4 O 7 ·10H 2 O, with the implied anion [B 4 O 7] 2−, whereas the correct formula is Na 2 B 4 O 5 (OH) 4 ·8H 2 O, with anion [B 4 O 5 (OH) 4] 2−. The following table gives some of the crystalline sodium borates in this family. [2]

8. How To Get Rid of Ants From Your Home With 4 Simple Tricks - AOL

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   A four-pronged approach — clean, spray, bait, and seal — helped me get rid of an ant infestation. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 ...

9. 20 Mule Team Borax - Wikipedia

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   Borateem Bleach, Borateem Plus bleach substitute and 20 Mule Team Borax were all once manufactured by United States Borax & Chemical Corporation (n.k.a. US Borax, Inc.). Borateem products originally contained over 98% borax. Borateem, now manufactured by Dial Corporation, is a chlorine-free, color safe bleach powder but it has no borax content.