Borax is commonly used in household cleaning products, and as booster for laundry detergent. TikTokers are drinking and bathing in borax, incorrectly claiming it can help with ailments and weight loss ...

Wash your clothes with borax — not your body. The powdery chemical compound often used as a cleaning agent was trending on Twitter on Friday, after a news report claimed that some antivaxers have been ...

July 22 (UPI) --Health officials are fighting to convince people that one of the latest social media trends -- adding borax to their drinking water to reduce inflammation and ease joint pain -- is ...

Doctors have spoken out against a new hoax “cure” circulating on social media that suggests bathing in pesticide after receiving a Covid shot. Anti-vaccine believers have begun advocating borax, a ...

Anti-vaxx groups and some doctors are advocating for, among other things, borax baths, NBC News reports, in an effort to “undo” the covid-19 vaccine they’ve already taken. The intended audience for ...

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People on TikTok are claiming that consuming borax can help treat different things, ranging from joint pain to eye swelling to mouth swelling to menstrual cramps to even cancer. (AP Photo/Matt York, ...

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Here’s Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Borax. Borax or sodium tetraborate is a compound of the element ‘Boron’. Whether you’re someone who keeps a distance from the beauty space or someone ...

There is no truth behind social media scuttlebutt that people can “detox” their body of the Covid-19 vaccine in a bath made with the household cleaner borax, experts said. Anti-vaxxers on social media ...