Toxicology
• Borates exist in both alkaline (sodium borate ie borax) and acid (boric acid) forms • Boric acid has low oral and dermal toxicity. However, in the form of borax, it is corrosive to the eye and irritating to the skin. (NPIC, 2013)
• Boric acid disrupts their stomach mucosal lining and can affect the nervous system of insects (NPIC, 2013)
• The mechanisms of poisoning of borates are unknown but are thought to act as generalized cytotoxic but mostly to GIT, brain, liver and kidney organ systems
• Boric acid is uniformly distributed in the body and excreted unchanged primarily in the urine . . .
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