The Borax Conspiracy Big Pharma's Latest Ploy to Outlaw a Natural Cure for Arthritis, Osteoporosis and Tooth Tooth ecay [Editor's Note: We should all be grateful to ZS Livingstone for bringing this important article to my attention. ZS read this in the latest issue of Neus maga!ine and sent me an e"mail about it on #une $%. & couldn't put it up right aay due to a computer failure and the need for a replacement( but &'m glad to be able to post it today. )ou )ou ill understand my enthusiasm after you read the article. )ou )ou ill discover that one can safely ingest a small *uantity of +ora dissolved in ater and supplement your body ith an ade*uate amount of an organic ,absorbable- form of boron( hich ill both prevent and overcome most forms of arthritis( osteoporosis ,bone loss and the thinning of bone density-( and reverse the loosening( falling out( and decay of teeth( especially in older people. &n addition to helping the body eep your calcium inside your bones here it belongs( +ora supplementation can displace fluoride out of your body ,here it doesn't belong-. /ther advantages of organic boron supplementation are eplained in the article....0en 1dachi2 3he +ora 4onspiracy: +ig 5harma's Latest 5loy to /utla a Natural 4ure for 1rthritis( /steoporosis and 3ooth 6ecay ,#uly 7( 89$85ublished in the #une#uly 89$8 issue of Neus maga!ine /riginal title: ;o the 1rthritis 4ure has been Stopped http:.health"science"spirit.combora.htm )ou may not be able to to imagine that +ora( this humble insecticide
and laundry detergent( has the potential of singlehandedly bringing don our entire economic system. +ut you do not need to orry( the danger has been recognised and the necessary steps are already being taen to defuse the situation. & ill start ith the basics and you ill understand hat & mean as the story unfolds. +ora is a naturally occurring and mined mineral salt and the source of other manufactured boron compounds. 3he main deposits are in 3urey and 4alifornia. 4hemical names are $- sodium tetraborate decahydrate( 8- disodium tetraborate decahydrate( or simply <- sodium borate. 3his means it contains four atoms of boron as its central feature combined ith to sodium atoms and ten molecules ,or sometimes less- of crystallisation ater. 3herefore( bora is the sodium salt of the ea boric acid. +ecause sodium is more strongly alaline( this maes a solution of bora strongly alaline ith a p; beteen = and $9 ,p; > is neutral-. When ingested( it reacts ith hydrochloric acid in the stomach to form boric acid and sodium chloride ,table salt-. 3he boron content of +ora is $$..%? or about %9? higher. &ngested boron compounds are rapidly and nearly completely ecreted ith the urine. @ormerly( boric acid as idely used as a preservative in foods( but is no banned for this purpose in most countries( and is also banned from public sale in 1ustralia. 1ccording to conventional medicine( it is not non if boron is essential for humans( but research shos that e do need it. 3he reason hy it as difficult to anser this *uestion is the presence of boron in all plants and unprocessed foods. 6iets ith a fair amount of fruit and vegetables provide about 8 to % mg of boron per day( but this also depends on the region here the food as gron and ho it as gron. &n reality the average intae in developed countries is $"8 mg of boron per day. &nstitutionali!ed patients may receive only 9.8% mg of daily boron. 4hemical fertili!ers inhibit the uptae of boron from the soil: an organic apple gron in good soil may have 89 mg boron( but if gron ith fertili!er it may have only $ mg of boron. @ertili!ers
combined ith poor food choices have greatly reduced our boron intae compared to %9 or $99 years ago. @urther( unhealthy cooing methods greatly reduce the availability of boron from food. 3he cooing ater of vegetables containing most of the minerals may be discarded during home cooing or commercial processingA phytic acid in baed goods( cereals and cooed legumes may greatly reduce availability( hile gluten sensitivity and 4andida overgroth inhibit the absorption of minerals. 1ll this maes health problems due to boron deficiency no very common.
;ealth Effects of +oron 6ue to their content of boron( bora and boric acid have basically the same health effects( ith good antiseptic( antifungal( and antiviral properties( but only mild antibacterial action. &n plants as ell as animals( boron is essential for the integrity and function of cell alls( and the ay signals are transmitted across membranes. +oron is distributed throughout the body ith the highest concentration in the parathyroid glands( folloed by bones and dental enamel. &t is essential for healthy bone and Boint function( regulating the absorption and metabolism of calcium( magnesium and phosphorus through its influence on the parathyroid glands. With this( boron is for the parathyroids hat iodine is for the thyroid. +oron deficiency causes the parathyroids to become overactive( releasing too much parathyroid hormone hich raises the blood level of calcium by releasing calcium from bones and teeth. 3his then leads to osteoarthritis and other forms of arthritis( osteoporosis and tooth decay. With advancing age( high blood levels of calcium lead to calcification of soft tissues causing muscle contractions and stiffnessA calcification of endocrine glands( especially the pineal gland and the ovariesA arteriosclerosis( idney stones( and calcification of the idneys ultimately leading to idney failure. +oron deficiency combined ith magnesium deficiency is especially damaging to the bones and teeth. +oron affects the metabolism of steroid hormones( and especially
of se hormones. &t increases lo testosterone levels in men and oestrogen levels in menopausal omen. &t also has a role in converting vitamin 6 to its active form( thus increasing calcium uptae and deposition into bone and teeth rather than causing soft tissue to calcify. 1lso other beneficial effects have been reported such as improvement of heart problems( vision( psoriasis( balance( memory and cognition. 3he Cerman cancer researcher 6r 5aul"Cerhard Seeger has shon that cancer commonly starts ith the deterioration of cell membranes. 1s boron is essential for cell membranes and boron deficiency idespread( this may be an important cause for the initiation of tumour groth. +oron compounds have anti"tumour properties and are Dpotent anti"osteoporotic( anti"inflammatory( hypolipemic( anti"coagulant and anti"neoplastic agentsD ,$-. This overview shows the wide-ranging influence of boron on our health. In the following I want to describe some of these health effects in greater detail.
The Arthritis Cure of !ex Newnham &n the $=79's( e Nenham( 5h.6.( 6./.( N.6( developed arthritis. 1t that time he as a soil and plant scientist in 5erth( Western 1ustralia. 4onventional drugs did not help( so he looed for the cause into the chemistry of plants. ;e reali!ed that plants in that area ere rather mineral deficient. 0noing that boron aids calcium metabolism in plants he decided to try it. ;e started taing <9 mg of bora a day( and in three ees all pain( selling and stiffness had disappeared. "e told pu#lic health and medical school authorities a#out his disco$ery, #ut they were not interested% "owe$er, some people with arthritis were delighted as they impro$ed% Others were scared to ta&e something with a poison la#el on the container and meant to &ill coc&roaches and ants% $entually, he had ta#lets made with a safe and effecti$e (uantity of #orax%
Within five years and only by word of mouth he sold 10,000 bottles
a month. He could no longer cope and asked a drug company to market it. That was a major mistake. They indicated that this would replace more epensive drugs and reduce their profits. !t so happened that they had representatives on government health committees and arranged that in 1"#1, $ustralia instituted a regulation that declared boron and its compounds to be poisons in any concentration. He was fined %1000 for selling a poison, and this successfully stopped his arthritis cure from spreading in $ustralia. &'( )u#se(uently he pu#lished se$eral scientific papers on #orax and arthritis% One was a dou#le*#lind trial in the mid +-.'s at the !oyal /el#ourne "ospital which showed that 0.1 of those who completed the trial were greatly impro$ed% Only +21 impro$ed when on place#o% There were no negati$e side*effects, #ut some reported that their heart ailment had also impro$ed, and there was #etter general health and less tiredness% 345 Fost of his later research as devoted to the relationship beteen soil boron levels and arthritis. ;e found( for instance that the traditional sugarcane islands( due to long"term heavy use of fertili!ers( have very lo soil"boron levels. #amaica has the loest level and arthritis rates are about >9?. ;e noted that even most dogs ere limping. Net comes Fauritius ith very lo boron levels and %9? arthritis. 3he daily boron intae in these countries is less than $ mgday. 1n interesting comparison is beteen &ndian and native @iBians. 3he &ndians are estimated to have an arthritis rate of about G9? and eat much rice gron ith fertili!er hile the native @iBians ith an estimated arthritis rate of $9? eat mainly starchy root vegetables gron privately ithout fertili!er. 3he HS( England( 1ustralia and Ne Zealand generally have average soil"boron levels ith an estimated intae of $ to 8 mg of boron and arthritis rates of about 89?. +ut 4arnarvon in Western 1ustralia has high boron levels in soil and ater( and the arthritis rate is only $?. &t is similar in a place called Ngaha Springs in Ne Zealand ith very high boron levels in the spa ater hich is curative for arthritis. 1ctually all spas reputedly curing arthritis have very high boron levels. 3hese are also high in &srael ith an estimated daily boron intae of % to I mg and only 9.% " $? arthritis.
+one analysis shoed that arthritic Boints and nearby bones had only half the boron content of healthy Boints. E*ually( synovial fluid that lubricates Boints and provides nutrients to the cartilage is boron deficient in arthritic Boints. 1fter boron supplementation( bones ere much harder than normal and surgeons found them more difficult to sa through. With additional boron( bone fractures heal in about half the normal time in both man and animal. ;orses and dogs ith broen legs( or even a broen pelvis( have fully recovered. +ora is also effective ith other forms of arthritis( such as heumatoid 1rthritis( #uvenile 1rthritis( and Lupus ,Systemic Lu pus Erythematosus-. @or instance 6r Nenham sa a young girl aged = months ith Buvenile arthritis. ;e as able to cure her in 8 ees. ;e rote that people can commonly get rid of their pain( selling and stiffness in about $ to < months. 3hen they can reduce treatment from < to $ boron tablet ,each < mg- per day as a maintenance dose so that they can avoid any future arthritis. ;e also stated that patients ith rheumatoid arthritis commonly eperienced a ;erheimer reaction [healing reaction2(and that this is alays a good prognostic sign. 3hey must persevere and in another 8 or < ees the pain( selling and stiffness ill be gone. ,G(%& found this statement not only interesting( but also surprising. 3he ;erheimer reaction is an early aggravation of symptoms ith increased pain. &t is commonly due to toins released by illed 4andida and mycoplasma. 3his is very common ith antimicrobial therapy( and bora definitely is an eceptionally good and strong fungicide. What surprises me( hoever( is that this fungicidal effect is already present at this rather lo dose of >% to =9 mg of bora. E*ually surprising is the finding that also up to <9? of those ith osteoarthritis eperienced a ;erheimer reaction( suggesting that the border beteen osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis is rather fluid. & believe that in long"standing and especially resistant cases it ill be advisable to use other antimicrobials in addition. @or co"factors in arthritis treatment also see my article 1rthritis and heumatism or the boolet /JE4/F&NC 13;&3&S.
Osteoporosis and )ex "ormones
+oron deficiency causes greatly increased amounts of calcium and magnesium to be lost ith the urine. 1 bora supplement ill reduce the daily loss of calcium by nearly %9?. 1s this calcium comes mainly from resorbed bone and teeth( boron deficiency may be the most important factor in causing osteoporosis and tooth decay. &t has been estimated that %%? of 1mericans over %9 have osteoporosis and of these about I9? are omen. Worldide( $ in < omen and $ in $8 men over the age of %9 may have osteoporosis( and this is responsible for millions of fractures each year. ats ith osteoporosis ere given a boron supplement for <9 days ith the result that their bone *uality as no comparable ith that of the healthy control group and of a group supplemented ith oestradiol ,7-. 3he beneficial effect of bora on bones seems to be due to to interrelated effects: a higher boron content of the bones hich maes them harder( and a normalisation of se hormones hich stimulates the groth of ne bone. Lo oestrogen levels after menopause are thought to be the main reason hy so many older omen develop osteoporosis. &n men( testosterone levels decline more gradually hich seems to be reflected in their later onset of osteoporosis as a group. esearch has no shon that boron supplementation in postmenopausal omen doubles the blood level of the most active form of oestrogen( $>"beta oestradiol( to the level found in omen on oestrogen replacement therapy. E*ually( the blood levels of testosterone more than doubled ,>-. With ;3 [hormone replacement therapy2 there is a higher ris of breast or endometrial cancer hich is not non to happen ith hormones produced by the body as ith bora supplementation. Some omen get premenstrual problems because oestrogen levels are too high and progesterone too lo( and therefore may be afraid of using boron. ;oever( & found no evidence that boron raises oestrogen above normal healthy levels. +oron may balance levels of se hormones similar to the action of maca root powder . Faca acts on the pituitary gland not only to increase( but also to balance our se
hormones and seems to stimulate our on progesterone production as needed. 1 recent study in younger men ,8= " %9- shoed that the level of free testosterone ,the form that matters most- had risen by one third after a daily supplementation of about $99 mg of bora for one ee ,I-. 3his is of special interest for bodybuilders. 4ontrary to the medical preference of chemically castrating men ith prostate cancer( research ith boron has shon that elevated testosterone levels are beneficial by shrining prostate tumours and 5S1 levels( 5S1 [prostate specific antigen2 being a marer for tumours and inflammation in the prostate. 1lso( significantly improved memory and cognition in elderly individuals may be partly due to increased levels of se hormones and partly to improved membrane functions of brain cells ,=-. & have been ased about boron supplementation for omen ith oestrogen"sensitive breast cancer. +reast cancer is related to calcifications in the breast. &n my opinion( it is more important to normali!e the calcium"magnesium metabolism and cellular membrane functions rather than feel restricted by a possibly faulty medical concept( especially as & believe that cancer can usually be controlled ith long"term antimicrobial therapy. 3herefore & ould use boron as ell as maca in this case.
6ungi and 6luoride Being such an excellent fungicide, it is not surprising that #orax is #eing successfully used to treat Candida% There is much interesting information on an arth Clinic forum called Borax Cures 3+.5% 7ith low to medium*weight people use +8teaspoon of #orax powder and with hea$ier weight +89 teaspoon per litre of water% One drin&s
the water spaced out during the day, and does this for 9 or : days a wee& as long as re(uired% Many contributors wrote that it cured or greatly helped them. So for instance this post: "I also have psoriasis, so maybe the soreness in my oints is the psoriatic arthritis creeping in. I thought, after reading about bora! here on this forum, I would give it a try. M#$ In one day, the soreness in my %nees has vanished$ .... &lso, my psoriasis seems a lot better after ' days drin%ing ()* tsp bora! in ( litre of water per day." 1nother one about toe fungus: D;e et his feet and then too a handful ,of bora- and rubbed it all over his feet. ;e said it stopped itching immediatelyK ;e as stunned. 1 fe ees later & ased him ho his athletes foot as and he said: oh oK it hasn't come bacK that stuff totally cured it KKKD /ther enthusiastic posts ere about vaginal thrush [candida2. +ora appeared to be more effective than other remedies. 4ommonly( one large gelatine capsule filled ith bora or boric acid as inserted at bedtime for several nights or up to 8 ees. 1lternatively the poder can be mied ith cool solidified coconut oil as a bolus or suppository. 1 recent scientific study ,$$- confirms these positive observations ith vaginal thrush. +oric acid at the dose of a filled capsule ored even in cases of drug"resistant 4andida and against all the tested pathogenic bacteria. +ecause of the greater dilution( a douche may not be strong enough for bacteria and drug"resistant 4andida( but it should or for normal 4andida. +ora( due to its alalinity( as more effective than boric acid.
!n normal healthy conditions, )andida eists as harmless oval yeast cells. When challenged, chains of elongated cells called pseudohyphae develop, and finally strongly invasive long, narrow and tube*like filaments called hyphae. These damage the intestinal wall, and cause inflammation and +eaky ut -yndrome. 5seudohyphae and hyphae can be seen in the blood of individuals
ith cancer and autoimmune diseases. 4andida can also form tough layers of biofilm. 3his same study shos that boric acidbora inhibits the formation of biofilms and also the transformation of harmless yeast cells into invasive hyphal form. &n other articles( & have shon that this process( commonly initiated by antibiotics( is a basic cause of most of our modern diseases( and this maes bora and boric acid primary health remedies. +ut this article shos that there are many more reasons to give them a top rating. 1 scientific revie in 89$$ concluded: D... boric acid is a safe( alternative( economic option for omen ith recurrent and chronic symptoms of vaginitis hen conventional treatment fails...D ,$8-. +ut as it is so much better than drugs( hy not use it as a first option( or use the even more effective bora 1nother study from 3urey ,$<- shos the protective effect of boric acid on food contaminated ith mycotoins( especially fungal aflatoins. 1mong these( 1flatoin +$ ,1@+$- causes etensive 6N1 damage and is the most potent carcinogen ever tested( especially affecting liver and lungs( also causing birth defects( immunotoicity and even death in farm animals and humans. +oric acid treatment as protective and led to increased resistance of 6N1 to oidative damage induced by 1@+$. 3he strong antifungal action of boric acid is( of course( the reason hy it has traditionally been used as a food preservative. +ora( similar to the e*ually endangered Lugol's iodine solution( can also be used to remove accumulated fluoride and heavy metals from the body ,$G-. @luoride not only causes bones to deteriorate( but also the pineal gland to calcify and the thyroid to become underactive. +ora reacts ith fluoride ions to form boron fluorides hich are then ecreted in the urine. &n a 4hinese study( bora as used to treat <$ patients ith seletal fluorosis. 3he amount as gradually increased from <99 to $$99 mgday during a three month period( ith one ee off each month. 3he treatment as effective ith %9 to I9? improvement. /ne forum contributor suffered ith @ibromyalgiaosacea( chronic
fatigue and 3F# for over $9 years hich she believed ere caused by fluoride. She used $I tsp of bora and $I tsp of sea salt in a litre of de"chlorinated ater( and dran this for % days each ee. Within to ees her face cleared( the redness faded( body temperature normali!ed( energy level increased( and she steadily lost ecess eight. 3he only side"effect as an initial aggravation of her osacea symptoms. 1nother post: D> years ago thyroid cancer( the net year adrenal fatigue( then early menopause( the folloing year uterine prolapse folloed by hysterectomy " the folloing year fibromyalgia and neuropathy. Early 4hildhood as fluorinated ater along ith fluoride tablets. @all of 899I & as looing at total disability. & could barely al and couldn't sleep because of the pain and as throing up daily from the pain in my bac. ... 1fter reading about fluoride & came to understand here all of my problems originated. ... & began the bora deto of $I tsp in a litre of ater and ithin < days my symptoms ere almost gone.D
Calcium*/agnesium /eta#olism 3here is antagonism as ell as cooperation beteen calcium and magnesium. 1bout half of the total body magnesium is found in bones and the other half inside the cells of tissues and organs. /nly $? is in the blood. 3he idneys try to eep this level constant by ecreting more or less ith the urine. &n contrast( ==? of calcium is in bones( and the rest in the fluid outside of cells. Fuscles contract hen calcium moves into the cells( and they rela hen calcium is again pumped out and magnesium moves in. 3his cellular pump re*uires much energy to pump calcium out( and if cells are lo in energy( then calcium may accumulate inside cells. Lo cellular energy may be due to 4andida( faulty sugar or fat metabolism( deficiencies( or accumulating metabolic astes and toins. 3his then leads to only partial relaation of the muscles ith stiffness( a tendency to cramps( and poor blood and lymph circulation. 3he problem gets orse the more calcium moves from
bones into soft tissue. Nerve cells can also accumulate calcium( leading to faulty nerve transmission. &n the eye lens( it causes cataracts. ;ormonal output eeps reducing as endocrine glands increasingly calcify and all other cells become handicapped in their normal functions. &n addition( it causes intracellular magnesium deficiency. Fagnesium is needed to activate countless en!ymes( and a deficiency leads to inefficient and bloced energy production. 1 further problem is that ecess calcium damages the cell membrane and maes it difficult for nutrients to move in and astes to move out. When the intracellular calcium level gets too high( the cell ill die. ;ere e can see the importance of boron as a regulator of cell membrane functions( especially in regard to movements of calcium and magnesium. With boron deficiency( too much calcium moves into the cell hile magnesium cannot move inside to displace it. 3his is the condition of old age and of the boron"deficiency diseases leading up to it. While in good health and especially in younger years( a calcium " magnesium ratio of 8 : $ is normal and beneficial and supplied ith a good diet. +ut ith increasing age( boron deficiency and resulting disease conditions( e need progressively less calcium and more magnesium. @or boron to be fully effective in reversing tissue calcification( ample magnesium is re*uired. @or elderly individuals( & recommend G99 to 799 mg of magnesium together ith the daily bora supplementation spaced out during the day( and ith protracted Boint problems additional trans"dermal magnesium. ;oever( oral magnesium may need to be adBusted according to its laative effect. & am doubtful hether calcium supplements are needed and beneficial( even in case of osteoporosis. &n my vie these individuals have plenty of calcium stored in soft tissues here it does not belong( and supplementing boron and magnesium is epected to redeposit this misplaced calcium into bones. & regard the medical focus on a high calcium intae as a prescription for accelerated aging.
7hat and "ow /uch to ;se &n some countries ,e.g. 1ustralia( NZ( HS1-( bora can still be found in the laundry and cleaning sections of supermarets. 3here is no Dfood"gradeD bora available or necessary. 3he label usually states that it is ==? pure hich is safe to use( and is the legal standard for agricultural grade bora. Hp to $? mining and refining residues are permitted. +oric acid( if available( may be used at about the dose of bora. 6irstly, dissol$e a lightly rounded teaspoonful 3:*< grams5 of #orax in + litre of good (uality water free of chlorine and fluoride% This is your concentrated solution. =eep the #ottle out of reach of small children% > )tandard dose ? + teaspoon 3: ml5 of concentrate% This has 2: to 4. mg of #orax and pro$ides a#out 4 mg of #oron% Ta&e + dose per day mixed with drin& or food% @f that feels right then ta&e a second dose with another meal% @f there is no specific health pro#lem or as a maintenance dose you may continue indefinitely with + or 2 doses daily% &f you do have a problem( such as arthritis( osteoporosis and related conditions( menopause( stiffness due to advancing years( and also to improve lo se hormone production( increase intae to < or more spaced"out standard doses for several months or longer until you feel that your problem has sufficiently improved. 3hen drop bac to $ or 8 doses per day.
!f you want to try the higher doses recommended by arth )linic for treating )andida and removing fluoride from the body * using your bottle of concentrated solution * then use/ +ower dose for low to normal weight * 100 ml & 12# teaspoon of bora powder(3 drink spaced out during the day. Higher dose for heavier individuals * '00 ml & 124 teaspoon of bora powder(3 drink spaced out during the day. 1lays start ith a standard dose and increase gradually to the
intended maimum. 3ae the maimum amounts for G or % days a ee as long as re*uired. +ora is rather alaline and in higher concentrations has a soapy taste. )ou may disguise this ith lemon Buice( vinegar or ascorbic acid. 0eep the bottle ith the concentrated solution out of reach of small children. +ora and boric acid have been classified as reproductive poisons in Europe( and since 6ecember 89$9 are no longer available to the public ithin the EH. 5resently( bora is still available in Sit!erland ,$%-( but shipment to Cermany is not permitted. &n Cermany a small amount ,89 " %9 grams- may be ordered through a pharmacy as ant poison ,it ill be registered-. +oron tablets can be bought from health shops or the &nternet( commonly ith < mg of boron. 3hese contain tightly bound boron not present in ionic form as ith bora or boric acid. While suitable as a general boron supplement( & do not epect them to or against 4andida and mycoplasmas( or as a *uic arthritis( osteoporosis or menopause cure. Fost scientific studies and individual eperiences ere ith bora or boric acid. 3o improve effectiveness( & recommend < or more spaced"out boron tablets daily for an etended period combined ith sufficient magnesium and a suitable antimicrobial program ,$7-.
Possi#le )ide*ffects While side"effects from pharmaceutical drugs tend to be negative and often dangerous( ith natural medicine( such as bora therapy( these are usually healing reactions ith beneficial long"term effects. Fost common is the ;erheimer reaction from eliminating 4andida. &n some of the above forum posts( rapid improvement as eperienced ithin days. 3his is alays a functional response. ;igh cellular calcium levels cause muscle contraction ith cramps or spasms as a common cause of pain. +oron( especially together ith
magnesium( can rapidly rela these muscles and tae aay the pain. ;oever( ith long"standing severe calcifications a large amount of calcium cannot be redistributed in a short time. 3his leads to increased calcium levels in the affected area( especially the hips and shoulders( and can cause problems for a considerable time( such as a tendency to severe cramping and pain( or problems ith the blood circulation( or nerve transmission. Nerve"related effects in hands and feet may be numbness( or reduced sensitivity or feeling in the sin. ;igher amounts of calcium and fluoride passing through the idneys may cause temporary idney pain. Such healing reactions cannot be avoided hen aiming for a higher level of health. +henever you e!perience an unpleasant effect reduce or temporarily stop bora! inta%e until the problem subsides. Then gradually start increasing again. elpful additional measures are a a greatly increased fluid inta%e, b using more organic acids such as lemon uice, ascorbic acid or vinegar, and c improving lymph flow as with rebounding , wal%ing or inverted positions.
Toxicity @ssues Covernment health agencies are concerned about boron toicity. )ou might be concerned as ell if you read the folloing( pertaining to sodium chloride ,or more commonly non as table salt ,$>-: '&cute oral to!icity /012 - the dose at which half of the tested animals die: 3,222 mg)%g 45at6. 4hronic Effects on ;umans: Futagenic for mammalian somatic cells. Slightly ha!ardous in case of sin contact( ingestion or inhalation. Lowest Pu#lished Lethal Oral ose in /an +... mg8&g% 4auses adverse reproductive effects in humans ,fetotoicity( abortion- by intraplacental route( may increase ris of 3oemia of 5regnancy in susceptible omen. Fay cause adverse reproductive effects and birth defects in animals( particularly rats and mice " fetotoicity( abortion( musculoseletal abnormalities( and maternal
effects ,on ovaries( fallopian tubes-. Fay affect genetic material ,mutagenic-. &ngestion of large *uantities can irritate the stomach ith nausea and vomiting. Fay affect behavior ,muscle spasicitycontraction( somnolence-( sense organs( metabolism( and cardiovascular system. 4ontinued eposure may produce dehydration( internal organ congestion( and coma.'
Now compare the sodium chloride toxicity with the /aterial )afety ata )heet or /)) for #orax 3+-5 'Lo acute oral toicityA L6%9 in rats G(%99 to 7(999 mgg of body eight. eproductivedevelopmental toicity: 1nimal feeding studies in rat( mouse and dog( at high doses( have demonstrated effects on fertility and testes. Studies ith boric acid in the rat( mouse and rabbit( at high doses( demonstrate developmental effects on the fetus( including fetal eight loss and minor seletal variations. 3he doses administered ere many times in ecess of those to hich humans ould normally be eposed. No evidence of carcinogenicity in mice. No mutagenic activity as observed in a battery of short"term mutagenicity assays. ;uman epidemiological studies sho no increase in pulmonary disease in occupational populations ith chronic eposures to borate dust and no effect on fertility.'
Here you see that table salt is 50 to 1006 more toic than bora. 3able salt changes the genetic material and is mutagenic( hile bora is harmless in this regard. &nfants are most at ris from high bora ingestion. &t has been estimated that % to $9 grams can cause severe vomiting( diarrhoea( shoc and even death( but it also says that lethal doses are not ell documented in the literature. 3he folloing toicity data are from documents of the HS Environmental 5rotection 1gency and the 4enters for 6isease 4ontrol,$=( 89-. 1 revie of >IG accidental human poisonings from $9 " II grams
of boric acid reported no fatalities( ith II? of cases being asymptomatic( meaning they did not notice anything. ;oever( gastrointestinal( cardiovascular( hepatic( renal( and central nervous system effects( dermatitis( erythema( and death have been observed in some children and adults eposed to more than IG mg borong( corresponding to more than G9 grams of bora for 79 g of body eight. 1nimal studies have identified reproductive toicity as the most sensitive effects of boron ingestion. Eposure of rats( mice( and dogs for several ees shoed some damage to the testes and sperm at doses of more than 87 mg borong hich corresponds to $% grams of boraday for 79 g body eight. Fost at ris is the developing foetus( and in the studied animals rats ere most affected. &n one study slight reductions in the foetal body eight ere already found at $<.> mg borongday used during pregnancy. 3he [has2 no effect dose as set at less than $<.> mggday corresponding to about > grams of bora per day for 79 g body eight. With an added safety factor( a no effect value of =.7 mg borongday as calculated corresponding to % grams of bora for 79 g. ;oever( a rat study lasting for < generations found no reproductive toicity or effect on the parents or offspring at <9 mg borongday. 3his dose corresponds to $> grams of bora for 79 g ingested for < generationsK &n another <"generation study no problem as found at $>.% mg borongday( corresponding to = grams of bora79 g( hile the net higher tested dose of %I.% mggday( corresponding to <9 grams of bora79 g( resulted in infertility. 3herefore e can assume that the safe reproductive dose is up to about 89 grams79 gday. ;uman studies of the possible association beteen impaired fertility and high boron levels in ater( soil and dust in a 3urish populations( and boron mining and processing orers( found no effect. /ne study even reported elevated fertility rates in bora production orers as compared to the H.S. national average. 1ll this is important because possible reproductive toicity is the
official reason for the present assault on bora. 3he sodium chloride FS6S mentioned above also states: DWhile sodium chloride has been used as a negative control in some reproductive studies( it has also been used as an eample that almost any chemical can cause birth defects in eperimental animals if studied under the right conditions.D 0eep this in mind hen you read the folloing.
The Assault on Borax 1rthritis in its various forms and its close relative osteoporosis affect about <9? of the population in developed countries. /steoporosis is responsible for more long term hospital care than any other individual disease. 3his is due to the very high incidence of fractures( and especially the protracted nature of hip fractures. 3his is a main source of income for the medical"pharmaceutical system. &f the boron"magnesium cure for these diseases should become idely non( this vital income stream ould dry up and the system collapse. 1s this is the biggest and most profitable industry in the orld( this cannot be alloed to happen. When 6r Nenham discovered the boron"arthritis cure( it as not a big problem for the pharmaceuticals because nes travelled sloly and as easily suppressed. 3his is very different no ith &nternet communication. Fost research funding comes from the pharmaceutical industry( and nothing has come forard to duplicate 6r Nenham's findings and other positive osteoporosis studies. &nstead( funding goes into the development of patentable boron drugs for limited application as in chemotherapy( or even to discredit boron. 1 test"tube eperiment found that a relatively lo dose of about G grams of bora can damage lymphocytes( Bust lie an earlier test"tube study shoed that vitamin 4 supplements are toic. Fost positive bora studies no come from 4hina( #apan and 3urey. @urthermore( 5ubFed is a publicly funded search facility for bio" medical research publications. While other articles for Nenham .E. and Zhou L.). are still listed( the to important bora publications mentioned earlier " about the arthritis trial at the oyal Felbourne ;ospital and the treatment of seletal fluorosis in 4hina " are no longer listed( but they belong there and obviously had been there
originally. & suspect that they have been deliberately removed to prevent them from being *uoted in other research. &n addition( increasing effort goes into publicly demoni!ing bora for its alleged reproductive and infant toicity. 1s an eample( & recently read an article by a 'senior scientist' of the supposedly 'green' Environmental Woring Croup. &n it( the perceived dangers of bora ere so eaggerated that most comments in effect said: D3han you for opening my eyes. & did not no ho poisonous and dangerous bora is( & certainly ill not use it anymore in my laundry( or for cleaning my toilet and itchenD . 3his is obviously a deliberate campaign to mae people grateful for banning bora from public sale. @or laundry and cleaning purposes +ora Substitute no replaces the product previously sold as +ora. 3he EH has spearheaded this campaign. &n #une 89$9( bora and boric acid ere reclassified as Meprotoic 4ategory 8M( suggesting that they may be harmful to the reproductive functions of humans in high doses( and the product pacage must display the sull and crossbones symbol. @rom 6ecember 89$9( these products ere no longer available for public sale ithin the EH. While this classification no applies for all of Europe( non"EH countries still have some leeay in regard to public sales. 3his initiative is part of a Clobally ;armoni!ed System of 4lassification and Labelling of 4hemicals ,C;S- hich is to be implemented as soon as possible. 1ustralia is ell"advanced on preparing regulations to implement the C;S for industrial chemicals( ith ne regulations epected in 89$8 ,8$-. 3he European 4hemicals 1gency gave as reason for their reclassification of boron products ,paraphrased-: '3he available data do not indicate maBor differences beteen laboratory animals and humans( therefore it must be assumed that the effects seen in animals could occur in humans as epidemiological studies in humans are insufficient to demonstrate the absence of an adverse effect of inorganic borates on fertility. $>.% mg borongday as derived as a N/1EL ,no event level- for male and female fertility. @or the rat decreased foetal eight occurred at $<.> mg borongday( and a safe limit of =.7 mggday has been derived.' ,88-
What they are really saying is this: 'While e have no human data( animal studies suggest that for adult reproductive functions a daily ingestion of about 8 teaspoons of bora is safe. +ut to be absolutely sure that no"one is harmed( e ill ban it totally.' &mportantly( this ruling is not related to bora in foods or supplements here it is already banned( but only for general use as in laundry or cleaning products or as insecticides. +ecause bora is not readily inhaled or absorbed through intact sin( it is difficult to see ho even a fe milligrams daily could get into the body ith the conventional use. &f the same standard ould apply to other chemicals( there ould be none left. 3he ey study in this assessment as published in $=>8. Why is this being dug up no to Bustify banning bora hen it as of no concern for the past G9 years &t does not mae any scientific sense( especially if you consider that the main chemical in the ne bora substitute( sodium percarbonate( is about three times more toic than bora. 1cute oral L6%9 values for animals are from $9
With this( the medical"pharmaceutical system has safely defused any potential danger that bora may have posed to its profitability and survival.
