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Article #21498Re: Getting rid of ants
From: Pat Boren
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 1994 17:39
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 1994 17:39
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jangus@skyld.grendel.com wrote:
> added method use Boric acid powder.
>
> It used to be sold for an eyewash, but someone found that you could go
> blind if you pounded the entire box into your eyes so it's off the market
> as such. However, it is still available in bright yellow squeeze bottles
> under the name of Roach-proof and Oatmeal size cans as Roach-Away. Just
> poof a trail of powder as a baricade. They (the ants and roaches too) go
> away after a day or so.
This is also what a veterinarian recommended to get rid of fleas:
either call Fleabusters and pay oodles of money, or do it yourself
with Roach-Pruf. (Boric acid is Fleabusters' secret weapon.)
--
Pat(ricia) Boren
pboren@rand.org
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 106ed4,f24fced5de239911 X-Google-Attributes: gid106ed4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-08-11 13:09:16 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!usc!rand.org!pnut.rand.org!not-for-mail From: pboren@pnut.rand.org (Pat Boren) Newsgroups: ca.general Subject: Re: Getting rid of ants Date: 10 Aug 1994 10:39:50 -0700 Organization: RAND, Santa Monica CA Lines: 18 Message-ID: <32b3d6$l6s@pnut.rand.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: pnut.rand.org Keywords: Fleas, too