Can boric acid be dilluted with water and used as a spray for pest control?

I know it can be put down in power form to controll ants and roaches but I have children and don't want to do that. Can it be dilluted and still work as well?

Dilute Boric Acid is used as a mild disinfectant eyewash.
As long as the kids don't ingest the liquid or inhale
the spray, it shouldn't worry you.
I doubt its effectiveness as an insecticide in spray
form though.
In dry form, the insect ingests the powder while
cleaning itself.

Powder acts to suffocate the pests.
I'm not sure if you spraying it would apply enough on surfaces to act properly.

It does have a health hazard potential according to it's msds sheet, so yes, be concerned.

Yes. Just be careful when and where you spray. If you spray after the children are in bed it will take effect over night and you won't have to worry about them being contaminated the next day.

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