When used correctly it is no harm. Just don t use it on yourself or where you might breath it. Re: Re: Boric Acid -- how toxic when applied in your bedroom?

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On Thu Apr 22nd, 2010 6:28 PM EDT Myrtle wrote:

>bluegirl -- I would avoid using lots of boric acid in the living area, because

you might inadvertently inhale it. I never used it in my home because I have

two cats, and I didn't want them stepping in it and then licking their paws. I

have however used it for years behind my kitchen sink to kill cockroaches. If

you DO NOT have pets or children, you are probably safe to use it in cracks at

the edge of the room or under your bed legs but if you experience any odd

neurological symptoms, stop using it. Maybe the blue roach prufe stuff would

work for you because it's supposed to cling to surfaces. I never tried it and

I'm not recommending it, just mentioning it because you're asking about boric

acid.

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>I did use some baited boric acid on my office chair at one point, out of pure

desperation, and I experienced neurological side effects such as slurred speech,

listlessness and headaches. I put a car seat cover over my office chair so no

one would see the powder, but everytime I sat in the chair some of the powder

would poof into the air and I ending up inhaling it.

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>> > Boric acid pretty much saved me from an army of mites that I had discovered

were hiding at a crease between the wall and the floor. One night I decided to

apply boric acid all throughout that crease, and the next morning there was a

cementery of mites in that area.

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>> > I've been contemplating adding more boric acid at the feet of my bed and

even surrounding my bed, but I worry it will be toxic for it to be so close to

me.

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>> > Does anyone know how bad it would be to apply it all over my bedroom? I

applied it right at the door the other day, and that's how I discovered that

they have invaded all my neighbors' homes. There were white stains going from my

apartment, all throughout the corridors, and in the doors of every neighbor. But

the weird thing is that what was left was a white stain in the shape of a mite,

so I dont know if they disintegrated with the boric acid, or whatever could have

happened?

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>> > Does anyone know how toxic would it be to put it at the feet of my bed and

all around it, in addition to all throughout the perimeter of my bedroom and in

the entrance, etc? It would definitely kill a majority of them.

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>> > Any info would be appreciated.

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