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Magazine Control Carpenter Ants Without Spreading Poison Boric
acid is the non-toxic alternative for this voracious pest In
renovating a vacation cabin, I discovered carpenter ants working
their way through the walls. Is there any way to responsibly get
rid of the pests without using noxious chemicals that could
potentially harm my family? Curran Clark, Lummi Island, Wash.
Carpenter ants may be small and look harmless, but they can do
serious damage to anything wooden in your home, from furniture
to the framing and walls that hold up the house. If you are
seeing a lot of ants or small piles of sawdust-like material in
random spots in or around your home, you are likely suffering
from a carpenter-ant infestation. Ants are very social beings
and form large colonies b