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

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[-] bane_killgrind@lemmy.ml 25 points 1 year ago

cases of two infants who developed chronic borate intoxication after their mothers repeatedly dipped their pacifiers in a honey-borax solution, thinking the borax was a safe antiseptic (it isn't).

Wtf

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