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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formic_acid

Uses[edit]
A major use of formic acid is as a preservative and antibacterial agent in livestock feed. In Europe, it is applied on silage (including fresh hay) to promote the fermentation of lactic acid and to suppress the formation of butyric acid; it also allows fermentation to occur quickly, and at a lower temperature, reducing the loss of nutritional value.[7] Formic acid arrests certain decay processes and causes the feed to retain its nutritive value longer, and so it is widely used to preserve winter feed for cattle.[18] In the poultry industry, it is sometimes added to feed to kill E. coli bacteria.[19][20] Use as preservative for silage and (other) animal feed constituted 30% of the global consumption in 2009.[10]

Formic acid is also significantly used in the production of leather, including tanning (23% of the global consumption in 2009[10]), and in dyeing and finishing textiles (9% of the global consumption in 2009[10]) because of its acidic nature. Use as a coagulant in the production of rubber[7] consumed 6% of the global production in 2009.[10]

Formic acid is also used in place of mineral acids for various cleaning products,[7] such as limescale remover and toilet bowl cleaner. Some formate esters are artificial flavorings or perfumes. Beekeepers use formic acid as a miticide against the tracheal mite (Acarapis woodi) and the Varroa mite.[21] Formic acid is being investigated for use in fuel cells.[22]

In 1889 Henry Morton Stanley reported to the Royal Geographical Society of London that natives of the Congo used poisoned arrows very effectively against members of his party. The poison was prepared from powdered red ants, cooked in palm oil, and its efficacy was attributed to formic acid from the ants.[23]

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