TikTok has long been the home of questionable health trends, and the latest one involves people eating and drinking scoops of laundry detergent because it contains borax. Borax is a salt that contains ...

Social media is home to plenty of questionable health trends. The latest has people ingesting borax, a laundry detergent booster, in hopes of treating a variety of ailments. MORE HEALTH Dahlia flower ...

Maybe you remember the “life-threatening” Tide Pod challenge of 2018, in which people were dared to eat the laundry detergent, leading to several deaths. Now there’s an “insane” new online trend that ...

If you have sensitive skin, finding a laundry detergent that doesn't cause itchy reactions or rashes can be frustrating. Take things into your own hands and make your own liquid laundry detergent that ...

This old-fashioned, all-natural detergent booster can be safe for some applications. Fact checked by Marcus Reeves Decades ...

An increasing number of users are promoting the consumption of laundry detergent on TikTok, raising serious concerns about the potential risks to health and safety. What Happened: TikTokers, seeking ...

UPDATE: Several alert readers have raised questions about the safety of borax, a.k.a. sodium tetraborate or sodium borate. Though borax’s power as a green cleaner has been touted in dozens of DIY ...