Examples of boric acid in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Powders often contain boric acid dust which is less toxic to mammals than most synthetic insecticides. — Dan Diclerico, Good Housekeeping, 22 July 2022 Note that boric acid, like many pesticides, can be toxic if swallowed; in fact, in 2020, pesticides caused nearly 70,000 poisonings in the U.S., according to the National Poison Control Center. — Rebecca Straus, Good Housekeeping, 16 May 2022 Control ants with sticky Tree Tanglefoot Insect Barrier or traps containing boric acid. — Deanna Kizis, Sunset Magazine, 31 Mar. 2022 A few years later, her dalliance with a member of the Weather Underground led to an arrest for possession of a suspicious substance that was actually just boric acid, for the removal of a foreign object from her eye. — Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2022 Mix equal parts boric acid powder and one of the following: flour, cornmeal or sugar. — Washington Post, 16 Nov. 2021 Try this dry powder combination: Mix equal parts of boric acid and flour or cornmeal, and some sugar. — Washington Post, 21 July 2021 And dietary supplements have been found to contain boric acid, floor wax, and rat poison. — Matthew Hongoltz-hetling, The New Republic, 23 June 2021 Bait traps typically contain boric acid or a similar ingredient that’s toxic to ants but won’t kill them right away. — Angela Watson, chicagotribune.com, 3 Apr. 2021 See More

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