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Recently a woman died of just drinking no more than 5 liters of water. The warning applies to taking too much or accidental overdose. Most poisoning is due to a mistaken identity. Using borax instead of Sugar when making candies, for example.
Borax is an antidote for fluoride poisoning. In fact fluoride is a lot more toxic than borax but yet we use this everyday as a toothpaste.
The toxic dose for Sodium fluoride, oral rat is 80 mg/kg, while borax is about 2000 mg/kg. On the other hand, a simple salt toxicity is about 2000 mg/kg. The toxicity for both borax and salt is about the same. Ted" >>
Borax has been labelled as poison but its safe to consume in right amounts. IMO