Bleach does kill cockroaches, but at a slow rate of drowning or deterioration. Boric acid, sticky traps, and commercial baits, sprays, and insecticide dusts are a more effective way of killing roaches ...

Generations of American, mothers have kept boric-acid powder in the medicine chest, believing it to be a harmless remedy for assorted ills such as eye inflammation, diaper rash or prickly heat. Last ...