Reply #10: we used boric acid for vag yeast infections, but too much exposure can hurt you.

[uppityperson]

put it in capsules, stuff it up, back before decent OTC meds. However, too much exposure to anything is bad. Even dihydrogen monoxide. That stuff can kill a lot of things.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4534017/

updated 12:05 p.m. PT, Mon., March. 15, 2004 AP

ALISO VIEJO, Calif. - City officials were so concerned about the potentially dangerous properties of dihydrogen monoxide that they considered banning foam cups after they learned the chemical was used in their production.

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The paralegal apparently fell victim to one of the many official looking Web sites that have been put up by pranksters to describe dihydrogen monoxide as "an odorless, tasteless chemical" that can be deadly if accidentally inhaled.

As a result, the City Council of this Orange County suburb had been scheduled to vote next week on a proposed law that would have banned the use of foam containers at city-sponsored events. Among the reasons given for the ban were that they were made with a substance that could "threaten human health and safety."(clip)