Avoid cleaning these 8 things with borax
5. Makeup
Before buying makeup, check whether or not the products contain borax and avoid using them especially if you have broken skin. Luckily, many countries banned the use of borax in makeup, but countries like the United States of America still use borax in a lot of makeup products, but they usually include a warning.
6. Children’s toys
Children love to explore things and they use their mouths to do so, that is why using borax to clean toys is a bad idea because they can end up ingesting it. You should also avoid cleaning plush toys with borax because it will be surely inhaled. Inhaling or ingesting the substance will cause borax toxicity.
7. Homemade skin products
There are many DIY and homemade skin products that have borax amongst their ingredients. However, applying undiluted borax directly on the skin can cause irritation, rash, or toxicity.
8. Cookware
Ingesting a little bit of borax is not something to be afraid of because the human body can break it down quickly, but regular ingestion can cause poisonings and organ damage. Borax residue, if left on pans, pots, and dishes will most likely be absorbed by food and consumed. That is why you should avoid putting borax in your dishwasher.
