An very odd and stupid medical trend is spreading online, and one health care worker is using his platform today to try and stop it. Yes, people are eating borax again.
The facepalming medical fad was brought to attention by lab tech and online health care influencer Pakpoom Dejhasadin, who said that borax was being promoted as a remedy for everything from back pain to fungal infections. He noted that the chemical, which causes nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea if ingested, should definitely not be consumed.
“Right now there is a group that encourages ingesting borax that’s going viral,” the Facebook post read. “And there are believers that are selling it in containers.”
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He said sellers were trying to skirt the law with a loophole.
“Normally, we have a law that prohibits…
