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Boric Acid, sometimes called "Borax" (Borax is slightly different chemically), has been proven across generations, and has numerous usages.
Various usages and applications of boric acid are discussed below and in various links.
WHY ARE OUR PRICES FOR CONSUMER SIZE PACKAGING OF BORIC ACID LOWER THAN OTHER WEB SITES?
ANSWER: We have seen extreme prices for boric acid not only on the Internet, but also retail stores. When this was posted (November 2005), CVS drug stores were charging $4.95 PER 1/4 pound for powdered boric acid. That's $20 a pound!
While some products raise quality issues, boric acid is boric acid - a common substance used throughout industry. If someone is boasting to having a superior boric acid product, it is just nonsense. ALL boric acid comes from exactly the same source - the Mojave desert. It is mined and then ground either into granules or fine powder. For your usages, you want powder.
Others might add other ingredients to make it sound more technical, but it is the boric acid that is the working agent.
Boric Acid is a common and mass produced chemical product sold in bulk by major chemical distributors. For decades, it also was a common product on the shelves of grocery, drug and hardware stores as an inexpensive product. However, there is little profit in raw materials and huge profits in complex sounding "new, improved" products - such as pesticides (if you look at the label of most, boric acid is often main ingredient.)
Most web sites offering boric acid after multiple levels of distribution, marketing, virtual marketing and drop shipping - the reason for the high prices being some many companies and individuals are trying to make a profit on the same sale. Usually, you are not actually buying anything directly from the web site merchant. Rather, they are taking a percentage of the sale and another company is actually shipping it to you through multiple levels of marketing (called "drop shipping" or "virtual marketing".)
The reason our prices are lower than you find elsewhere is that we are directly re-packaging boric acid we purchase in bulk (and uncut) directly from one of the largest chemical distributors in the United States. There are not middle wholesalers, merchandisers, commissions, trade name fees or other distribution and multi-level costs. This minimizes prices - and insures you actually get what you order.
Boric acid is highly effective and useful, but it is neither rare nor costly when purchased in bulk. However, you probably do not need tons of boric acid. So we repackage it into consumer sized containers. The result is higher volume sales with lower prices to you - a win-win way of doing business.
The Boric Acid sold under the Guardian Of Eden label contains no fillers or other contents other than boric acid and is in a fine powder form.
NOTE AND DISCLAIMER:
Although the EPA has issued statements of the natural and particularly safe natures of boric acid in relation to agricultural pest control, no company that sells boric acid may advertise that their product has any pest control or biocide abilities. Only companies that sell deadly toxic poisons and pay million dollar plus expenses and fees to the EPA with extensie annual costs may claim their products has any pesticide capability. This practice of the EPA is similar to FDA regulations against merchants providing information on the usage vitamins, minerals, herbs and other non-prescription medication they may sell.
Accordingly, no product offered on this or any website sold by us is for the any pesticide or pest control purpose. We are prohibited from presenting any information on the personally or environmentally safe usage of any product we sell if you use it as ingredient for any pesticide or pest control purpose. As we are prohibited from advising on the safe usage of boric acid in the environment, we are not responsible for any such damage or injury that occurs.
Any comments on this or any other web page we offer discussing boric acid is not a discussion of boric acid we sell or any other product we sell. Rather it is only presentations of other material about boric acid as a chemical and not any boric acid product line we offer.
Many pesticides are extremely harmful to the human nervous system and non-toxic remedies may a wise choice. Particularly dangerous and long-term damaging are "bug bombs" and other sprayed pesticides. The same chemicals used in such pesticides are the ingredients for warfare chemical weapons and act by attacking the nervous systems of insects - with the same effect on humans. When you set off a bug bomb, you are literally laying the entire interior of your house and all in it with chemical nerve agents - known also to cause cancers and numerous nervous system, internal organ and neurological damage.
To eliminate the mold and musty smell in your dishwasher, just add a tablespoon of boric acid to the water, let it sit 30 minutes, and the odor is gone.
Borax useful characteristics. You can find many websites that discuss usages of boric acid such as a insecticide, a preservative,and a fire retardant. None are referring specifically to any product we sell.
The first use of borates as an insecticide was in 1922 when P.F. Harris invented the Roach Tablet. It evolved into many products including today’s “Roach Motel”. By 1985 there were over 200 registered pesticides containing borates. Of course, the price paid for such products represents markups of 1,000%, 2,000% and more.
In 1955 framing lumber in New Foundland began being treated with borates to control an epidemic of termite destruction. Since then, none of the homes using borate treated wood has had any infestation of termites or wood decay. In the 1970’s Europe and the US began studying borates for wood preserving properties. There was a huge lawsuit involving an US lumber company that put tropical hardwoods in over 1000 homes. The hardwood had beetles in the wood. The homes were treated with borates and the hardwood mills in South America began pre-treating their wood with borates. Since then there have been NO problems with beetles.
The chemical boric acid also is used as a fire retardant. It is the fire retardant used in all blown type cellulose insulation commonly used in homes.
HOW BORIC ACID WORKS AS A CHEMICAL: The chemical boric acid is very mildly corrosive. If insects or pests come in contact with boric acid powder, it sticks to them. They will eat it or consume it trying to lick it off.. The slow corrosive effect ultimately kills the pest, insect, eggs or micro-organism by a slow, acidic effect as an interaction between the organic substances of the pest and the boric acid. However, boric acid has no corrosive effects against carpeting, furniture etc. The acidic effect is so mild that it is not harmful to humans or pets unless consumed in huge quantities - with the same level of danger as table salt. Because it is a nature-based corrosive, rather than a chemical never agent, insects and pests can not develop a tolerance for it and it does not accumulate in the human (or pet's) fatty body tissues the way that chemical pesticides do.
Although other highly toxic chemicals are put into many commercial treatments for insect control, a common ingredient isthe chemical boric acid. The chemical boric acid is odorless and nonstaining. Some products containing boric acid claim to kill roaches, termites carpenter ants, pharaoh ants, fire ants, palmetto bugs, ticks, bedbugs, fleas, carpet beetles, centipedes, crickets, earwigs, grasshoppers, millipedes, scorpions, slugs water bugs,and many other insects.
The chemical boric acid also is used as in ingredient for eye wash, suppositories, yeast infections, and numerous other infection, pest, and insect control.
The chemical boric acid can be used as an antiseptic only for minor burns or cuts and is sometimes used in dressings or salves or is applied in a very dilute solution as an eye wash. It is poisonous if taken internally or inhaled, although it is generally not considered to be much more toxic than table salt (based on its LD50 rating of 2660).
Boric acid can be used to treat candidiasis (vaginal yeast infections) by filling gelcaps with boric acid powder and inserting two into the vaginal canal at bedtime for three to four nights in a row.
It is also used as prevention of athlete's foot, by inserting powder in the socks or stockings.
It is often used as a relatively nontoxic insecticide, for killing cockroaches, termites, fire ants, fleas, and many other insect. It can be used directly in powdered form for fleas and cockroaches, or mixed with powdered for ants. It is also a component of many commercial insecticides. In this use, especially in the case of cockroaches, the boric acid in the form of a powder is applied to areas frequented by the insects. The lightweight particles cling to the legs of the insects and eventually cause fatal chemical burns. Boric acid for this use in residential apartments is sold commercially in urban areas afflicted with cockroaches.
Boric acid have been used since the time of the Greeks and Romans for cleaning, preserving food, and other activities.
An EPA assessment of a boric acid pilot pest control program conducted at the U.S. Army’s Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland found that boric acid was more economical and more effective than spray treatment. With boric acid's method of killing insects by becoming corrosive to the insect, insects do not gain resistance to borates. Borates are the most effective treatment for many crawling insects including, cockroaches, silverfish, larder beetles, carpenter ants, and other wood borers, as well as wood decay organisms .The EPA also has reached formal findings of particularly natural and safe natures of boric acid. HOWEVER, the EPA bans any merchant from claiming their product has any pest control ability.
Ants : This homemade treatment has worked very well on both carpenter ants and pharaoh ants. Here is one receipt well publicized by the columnist "Heloise:"
(Under EPA regulations we cannot and do not claim that the boric acid we sell can be used in any formula containing boric acid. Our products are have not been analysed by the EPA are not for any pesticidal or pest control purpose. Under EPA regulations we do not and can not claim any formula or usage guide is accurate or that any product we sell could or should be used in such furmulas.)
Heloise's Boric Acid Roach Exterminating Formula
8 ounces
powdered boric acid
1/2 cup flour
1/8 cup sugar
1/4 cup cooking oil or bacon drippings
(or more to form a soft dough)
Mix shortening and sugar, mix boric acid, and flour. Add to
sugar, and oil. Blend well, then add more oil as needed to form a soft
dough. Shape into small balls the size of marbles. (If balls are placed
in opened, plastic sandwich bags, the dough will stay softer longer.)
Place balls throughout the house in places normally inhabited by
roaches (any dark, damp corner) and in the path of ants if this is a
problem. When dough becomes brick hard, replace with a fresh
batch. This also will eliminate silverfish and many of the other pests
that tend to gather under sinks and the backs of cabinets. This also
can be used in dresser drawers, closets and anywhere else pests are a
problem.
Termites:
Boric acid when mixed with propylene glycol (biodegradable form of anti-freeze) some claim it has proven to be very effective against many types of termites. The glycol helps the solution to penetrate into the wood and become a part of the wood fiber. This solution is a terrific treatment for dry rot in wood. This method of treatment has not been approved or disapproved of by the EPA, FDA, USDA or any other government regulatory agency.
(Under EPA regulations we cannot and do not claim that the boric acid we sell can be used in any formula containing boric acid. Our products are have not been analysed by the EPA are not for any pesticidal or pest control purpose. Under EPA regulations we do not and can not claim any formula or usage guide is accurate or that any product we sell could or should be used in such furmulas.)
GUARDIAN OF EDEN
BORIC ACID
99.7%
NOTE: If kept dry, Boric Acid will never spoil or lose its strength.
(Due to increased demand for natural pest and mold control, increasing transportation costs and increasing Internet listing fees, this pricing may not last long.)
NOT AVAILABLE IN THE STATE OF NEBRASKA
1 Pound G.O.E. Boric Acid
$7.53 +S&H $5.48
Sorry, temporarily out of stock
2 Pounds G.O.E. Boric Acid
$9.55 +S&H $6.73
6 Pounds G.O.E. Boric Acid
$17.44 +S&H $11.83
12 Pounds G.O.E. Boric Acid $28.61 + $16.33 S&H
$29.61 +S&H $17.33
BULK QUANTITY BORIC ACID
25 Pounds G.O.E. Boric Acid
$54.38 +S&H $19.26
50 Pounds Boric Acid
$78.94 +S&H $28.51
NOT AVAILABLE IN THE STATE OF NEBRASKA
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