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Ray (Calgary) on 08/09/2013

To dispel misinformation given by a contributor. There is nothing (no smells, fragrances etc) added to 20 mule team borax. The website of twenty mule team borax http://www.20muleteamlaundry.com/about/what-is-borax/ tells us:

"Absolutely nothing is added. No phosphates, per-oxside, chlorine, or other additive chemicals."

It also adds

"20 Mule Team? Borax is 100% natural, and 99.5% pure (there is about a half of 1% of naturally occurring trace minerals). " So any impurities are just other "minerals" and not added "scents" or chemicals etc.

Just stay away from big industry "Borax Alternatives" which are NOT borax. Also stay away from items "containing borax" you want the real borax not some big soap companies "alternatives or concoctions contains it. you want Pure" borax, like 20 mule team or other "pure" ones.

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Replied By Timh (Louisville) on 08/10/2013

I have made a previous post regarding this situation, and will repeat since it seems to deserve the attention.

First, it is not likely that the people reporting a "fragrance smell" are actually having olfactory hallucinations, and the manufacturers are not lying. So, the only realistic explanation is the shipping and storage of the 20 mule team. Guess what other items are housed along side the borax, heavily chemically scented laundry products. The scent is so strong the containers need not be opened. You can go blindfolded and stumbling about the market and easily find the laundry detergent aisle by the strong scent.

20 Mule Team would need to first "bag" the contents, in addition to "boxing" so as to keep the foreign scent from entering.

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Replied By Helen In Houston (Houston, Texas Usa) on 02/09/2014

When I bought Borax there was another product that was similar but scented. I remembered being puzzled at first which box to buy. Be sure to buy the real borax, not a different company's product that has boron or borax in big letters but is a mixture.
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Replied By Robert (Kauai) on 03/11/2024

i would caution using 20 mule team borax. it is called Borateam and Borateem is 98.7 percent borax with tribromsalan, a microbiocide, and sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate, an insecticide. I would recommend technical grade borax.
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Replied By Art (California) on 03/12/2024

Hi Robert,

Borateem is a completely different product than Borax as seen here :

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Dial-Professional-Borateem-Bleach-00145-00145-SPR-DIA00145/2586716744

Is this what you are talking about?

Art

Replied By Mark (Belfast) on 04/21/2024

Can you please confirm how you know that 20 Mule Team borax is Borateem? The wikipedia article for 20 Mule Team borax does not state categorically that it actually is Borateem. The reason it's it a very important distinction is that I was healed of a chronic infection in my oesophagus (believed to be h.pyloi) by taking the 20 Mule Team Borax, but I got the infection again and borax sold by other companies did not have the same beneficial effect. Borateem contains tribromsalan as you said. This is well-known as an antiparasitic medication. (It also contains sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate which is a ionic surfactant used to enhance the effects of both borax and tribromsalan.) From my experience I put down my healing to the tribromsalan in the product - which makes me suspect you are right to say that 20 Mule Team borax is in fact Borateem - but I would really like to confirm this! Thank you.