Medical experts warn against drinking laundry powder Borax, TikTok’s latest ‘detox’ trend (VIDEO)

KUALA LUMPUR, July 25 — TikTok has spawned many ‘health challenge trends’ which involve consuming common household chemicals, from berberine to apetamin. The latest one is...

of them adding Borax into their drinking water, claiming it could help with inflammation and joint pain as a ‘detoxifier’.

According to National Capital Poison Centre toxicology physician and co-medical director Dr Kelly Johnson-Arbor, it can cause stomach irritation and ‘blue-green vomit’ or diarrhoea if ingested. "There’s really nothing to support the use of borax in humans for inflammation or reduction of oxidative stress or anything like that," Johnson-Arbor toldJohnson-Arbor is part of a group of health experts with concerns over the rise of health fads promoted on TikTok.

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