Product Stewardship

As world leader in borate supply and science, Borax takes responsibility for building knowledge and awareness of the health and environmental effects and benefits associated with its products. The company leads the industry in conducting and commissioning research on borates to ensure their safe handling and use, and completing Life Cycle Assessments (LCA) to quantify the environmental effects associated with manufacturing its major products.

Borax maintains full compliance with product information and labeling requirements in each of the nearly 100 countries in which it does business. Click here to review our Product Stewardship Policy. Part of that policy is to

communicate product information to customers, government officials and the scientific community. Borax also posts research findings, technical literature and general health and safety information about borates on its web site.

In 2004, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) completed a multi-year review of more than 200 borate health studies, many of them developed by Borax. EPA concluded that people can safely consume more than twice the amount of boron previously considered harmless. The company also completed an LCA of lumber and wood composites treated with borates. The study demonstrated that borates’ benefits to wood's sustainability far outweigh the environmental impact associated with their production.