You know what started this?  The thought with many people that it is
safe?  The actual pest control companies around.
 
I know that one after another told me it was absolutely safe for small
animals when they'd come around and use it in our apartments.  The guys
would go on to tell me that is really a more "natural sort of thing"
and what it was, and how its the best thing to use if you have to use
anything around crawling children and small animals.  I don't mean one
numnut, but several pest control agencies in AL told me this.  One
apartment maintence guy told the same thing here in TN.  We never trusted
them only because I know that ferrets would look at the line of dust and
snort it like it was the best coke on the face of the earth.  I knew that
my babies who crawl have stuck their fingers in talcum powder and right
away it goes in their mouths like sugar.  So those two things made me
very uncomfortable... and it still made no sense that a type of "poison"
would be "okay".  Thank god.  Thank god I didn't listen.  Ya know?  I had
no internet back then.
 
So I guess I'm just saying, that there is a lot of misinformation out
there even with the "proffessionals", and if they can't get it right, its
hard for us regular people to get it right.  So I'm willing to bet that
the boric acid thing is a very commonly misunderstood chemical.  Kinda
makes me shudder to wonder how many crawling babies, and small animals
have been harmed from them.
 
So to the poster... you were not alone.  Roger thanks so much for
respondign so quickly.
 
Wolfy
 
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[Posted in FML issue 4086]