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this Pestisafe ® quickly controls ants, roaches and many other pests. Baking soda also has fungicidal qualities,especially with black spot and powdery mildew.Sodium Borate - Works as a dust, liquid and/or foam. Boron in the form of sodium salt has been used as anembalming agent by the ancient Egyptians, and as a flux for welding gold. Boric acid and borax have been usedas mild antiseptics, especially for burns and the eyes. For the last 200 years boric acid was used to preservefood, but this use has been stopped because it could be used to “cover up” food unfit for consumption. Boricacid has been used to alleviate burns and stings and as a powder to prevent rash. Patients have been given 10gm. per day for extended periods, and then excreted boron after 7 weeks. The acute boron dose for an adultis 20 - 60 mg. in a single dose and infants have died with 5 gm. In many countries, boron is given as a foodsupplement with the claim it heals 80% - 90% of all arthritis, cardiopathiesis have been corrected, vision hasimproved, balance has been restored, cases of psoriasis have also been improved. Dogs, horses, cattle, deerand goats have all been healed of arthritis. Today western societies (like the U. S. A.) ingest about 2 mg. borondaily; early in the 1900s we ate about 8 mg. boron per day. It is thought 5 - 6 mg. boron per day will preventarthritis, but a higher dose may be needed for treatment. It is a registered (non-volatile) pesticide and a lumberpreservative and as a micronutrient. The disodium octaborate (Na 2B 8O 13.4H 2O) product (DOT), e.g., Tim-bor ® ,has been used by Stroz Services, Inc., Get Set, Inc. and many countries for years as a wood preservative and asa remedial control of wood destroying pests. Boric acid (H 3BO 3) and its salts, the borates, borax (Na 2B 4O 7.10H 2O)and disodium octoborate tetrahydrate (Na 2B 8O 13.4H 2O), DOT, have been used for wood protection in Australiaand other countries since the 1940s. Liquid borate sprays protect the wood against decay, carpenter ants, woodboring beetles and termites. Sodium borate is currently coming into wide use as a wood preservative herein the U. S. These compounds make wood permanently resistant to fungal decay and insect damage, and alsoact as fire retardants. Borates are slow-acting stomach poisons to insects and contact poisons to wood destroyingfungi. Borates are not directly lethal to an organism. Borate reduce the intestinal flora which allow insectsto digest food. Borates deactivate enzymes by cross-linking the enzyme’s hydroxyl groups. Although boratesare highly toxic to insects, they are less toxic to mammals because mammals excrete boron faster than insects.Borates are biostats rather than biocides. On fungi borates work on contact, since disrupting the enzymes infungi make them stops them from extracting nutrients in the wood. Sodium borates inhibit necessary oxidativemetabolic activity at the cellular level - a constant energy-producing process necessary for life. Over timeinhibition of fundamental biochemical activity results in death. Tests for termite control in the 1930s had shownpromise, but more toxic chemicals were introduced and these naturally occurring controls were simply ignoredby the poison applicators here, in favor of the extremely dangerous and carcinogenic termiticide poisons, e.g.,chlordane, aldrin and heptachlor. To apply Tim-bor as an aqueous solution, use two applications of 10% Tim-borsolution or a single application of 15% Tim-bor, the 15% solution is created by mixing 1½ lb. of the insecticideper gallon of water and applying immediately and/or a surfactant/foaming agent can be added to create a dryfoam. The Tim-bor foam may be applied directly to wood surfaces or injected into insect galleries or wall voids.Sodium borate may be applied in two ways for general control of roaches, silverfish, ants and other insects: (1)in powder form to insect harborage areas or as a crack and crevice and void treatment, or (2) as an aqueoussolution for crack and crevice treatment only. The product is highly toxic to both wood-destroying organismsand general insects but has low acute mammalian toxicity and is normally excreted quite rapidly. It is environmentallysound and can be used around children and pets, with no need for evacuation. It is easy to handleand mix, requiring no harsh chemical solvents. TIM-BOR® is not absorbed through unbroken skin and washesoff easily with soap and water. It is also odorless and non-flammable. When you use/substitute sodium borateto create baits, use about 1/2 the amount you would with boric acid. If you mix a tablespoon of sodium borate,1/8 teaspoon of tea tree oil or emu oil and 1/2 teaspoon of fish oil with a capsule of Not Nice to Arthritis in a cupof body lotion. Stir and heat ingredients in a microwave oven for 25 - 30 seconds until thoroughly mixed; thismix will greatly help as a topical treatment for arthritis.456