Re: OT is Borax okay for laurdry and household cleaning?

[Guest guest]

Borax itself is a mineral. The " B " is from Boron, which is a different

atom than Bromine (Br, I think). There are 100 or so atoms in the

universe, and it's really interesting to learn about them.

The structure of the anion [b4O5(OH)4]2¡Ý in borax

(wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borax)

Borax may have added fragrance etc. which is could cause issues,

but I do use it, and it's amazing stuff. Makes great Gak too, if you

have young'uns. I visited the borax mines when I was a very

young kid. It was very hot, and kind of scary (big machines).

But to my mind, borax and baking soda and vinegar are the basics

of Home Life.

On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 2:14 PM, augustmirth <augustmirth@...> wrote:

> This weekend I got a book on green and healthy housekeeping and Borax

> ( '20 Mule Team') was one of the products that they thought was good

> for many purposes - I just wanted to make sure it was okay to use as

> far as health - If I remember correctly borax was one of the main

> ingredeints in their replacement for dashwaher powder. I know that

> Bromide is something that most of the members of the group believe

> ought to be avoided in all forms - maybe I am just distrustful off all

> things that begin with the letter 'b' today but I wanted to verify

> that Borax was not a health concern.

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[Guest guest]

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On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 2:14 PM, augustmirth augustmirth@... wrote:

> > This weekend I got a book on green and healthy housekeeping and

Borax

> > ( '20 Mule Team') was one of the products that they thought was good

> > for many purposes -

Hi august,

Do you mind giving us the name of this book. I am trying to get all the

toxins out of my house too and could probably use more direction.

thanks,

Lynn

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> I just wanted to make sure it was okay to use as

> > far as health - If I remember correctly borax was one of the main

> > ingredeints in their replacement for dashwaher powder. I know that

> > Bromide is something that most of the members of the group believe

> > ought to be avoided in all forms - maybe I am just distrustful off

all

> > things that begin with the letter 'b' today but I wanted to verify

> > that Borax was not a health concern.

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[Guest guest]

i googled borax and found a website that offers a free download on

this page http://www.dialcorp.com/index.cfm?page_id=56

its towards the bottom for the free page

to find out more about the natural laundry booster, multi-purpose

cleaner and home deodorizer.

[Guest guest]

Thanks, very interesting. Sounds like it does a lot of the same things

as baking soda.

Lynn

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> i googled borax and found a website that offers a free download on

> this page http://www.dialcorp.com/index.cfm?page_id=56

> its towards the bottom for the free page

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> to find out more about the natural laundry booster, multi-purpose

> cleaner and home deodorizer.

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[Guest guest]

have any of you been to that earth clinic site? They talk about using

1/8 tsp borax in a liter of water internally for problems like candida

and rosacea. One woman claims that it helped her thyroid. I am NOT

promoting this therapy, I am just curious if anyone else has come

across this and what they think.

greg

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> i googled borax and found a website that offers a free download on

> this page http://www.dialcorp.com/index.cfm?page_id=56

> its towards the bottom for the free page

>

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> to find out more about the natural laundry booster, multi-purpose

> cleaner and home deodorizer.

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[Guest guest]

Hi; I have used borax for candida with great result. I also use itt

for laundry (together with prills or bleach / ecover )

Works great here too ! Also as a shampoo; but it needs som essential

oil to not smell like a wet dog!

I am now experimenting with iodine; I remove moles etc; I think I

have had a deficiency for some time and maybe that is one of the

reasons I never got rid of the candida completely (before the borax)

--- In iodine , "

[Guest guest]

Borax does work very well for getting rid of fleas, my two dogs had

fleas pretty bad , flea bombs would barely get rid of the adult

fleas, would not touch the flea eggs though. so we got a box of borax

and sprinkled it around the house on the carpets, left it for about a

week to let it get down into the rugs , then vacuumed it up.

The fleas were gone no eggs had hatched and years later still no

fleas. borax dries out the fleas bodies and their eggs, I believe

thats how it works.

sherie

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> you mentioned fleas..my husband had a remodel of a house and the last

> tennants left a zillion and 2 fleas ok it felt like it..we used dawn

> dish soap..the old fashioned one without the bleach or any

> antibacterial stuff we also used it in the yard and fleas were

> gone..on the carpet it didnt matter because the owner was having the

> carpets cleaned it was a rental property..so fleas were gone..

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[Guest guest]

I am severely chemically sensitive and use Borax for laundry and cleaning

sometimes. I

tolerate it very well. I know some other people that react to it but then I have

friends who

can't even use baking soda which seems very benign to most people who are pretty

sensitive to a lot of stuff. As far as effectiveness, it works well in my

opinion. I've read that

it is supposed to suppress mold growth on surfaces. I mostly use it because it

cleans well

but does not have any fragrance. I also use grapefruit seed extract and water

for this

reason. It is supposed to kill microbes esp. fungus I believe.

[Guest guest]

How did you apply the dawn soap to the yard? I've used nematodes for

fleas but I'm concerned (hasn't been confirmed yet) that the nematodes

may cause parasite problems (internally) if my dog inadvertently

ingests some (she's a lab-- she's going put stuff in her mouth).

Did the dawn soap hurt the lawn?

thanks...

Lorie

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> you mentioned fleas..my husband had a remodel of a house and the last

> tennants left a zillion and 2 fleas ok it felt like it..we used dawn

> dish soap..the old fashioned one without the bleach or any

> antibacterial stuff we also used it in the yard and fleas were

> gone..on the carpet it didnt matter because the owner was having the

> carpets cleaned it was a rental property..so fleas were gone..

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