[Jewelry making - Article 00198] - Re: [Orchid] Protecting stones with wet newspaper

[John Donivan]

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>     After reading this I have to correct some info that isn't correct.
>     Boric acid is Toxic: 

    Oral LD50 of table salt: 3000 mg/kg in rats 

    Boric Acid: 

    It is poisonous if taken internally or inhaled, although it is
    generally not considered to be much more toxic than table salt
    (based on its mammal LD50 rating of 2660mg/kg body mass). 

    Again, don't engage in chemical paranoia. Since boric acid in the
    shop is not to drink, don't drink it, and you'll be just fine. And
    again, the chlorine bleach under your cabinet is 100 times more
    dangerous. 

>     Boric acid is safer than most items of a chemical nature used but
>     it does have a danger. 

    A completely true statement - one of the nice things about science
    is that there's nothing to argue about - facts is facts. Every
    substance we use has "a danger". My point is that there's no reason
    to treat boric acid, or the other common bench chemicals, as though
    they were toxic waste, because they're just not.

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