Boric acid is very inert. It tastes like chalk. The Wikipedia page says there are some some/weak evidence that it could affect reproductive systems, but you wou

Boric acid is very inert. It tastes like chalk. The Wikipedia page says there are some some/weak evidence that it could affect reproductive systems, but you would need to ingest it for any effect (and a lot of it apparently). It's not toxic otherwise. You need very high concentrations: lethal dose is 2.6g/kg. To put that in perspective, table salt is lethal at 3g/kg. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boric_acid https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boric_acid