Unsafe slime? How bad is borax, really?

Edit, December 2018: I've written another, more recent, slime post which specifically addresses some of the recent safety claims made in the media. Read it here. It's August, which means it's the school summer holidays in the UK and, as is traditional, it's been pouring with rain. This has left many a cabin-fevered child searching…

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