| Ever wonder how to control insects
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| | Diatomaceous Earth. On the downside,
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| without using toxic, chemically-based
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| | Diatomaceous Earth will kill all insects
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| insecticides? Has it ever occurred to
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| | - even good ones - so it should be used
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| you that there is a very valid reason
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| | carefully!
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| that you should vacate a house when you
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| | Diatomaceous Earth has little to no
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| spray Raid or "bomb" the place to get rid
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| | health effects to humans or pets as long
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| of the pests? Do you really think that
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| | as it has not been treated for use in
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| the residue is completely gone once you
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| | such things as swimming pools - look for
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| return?
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| | "Amorphous Freshwater Diatomaceous Earth"
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| Enter Diatomaceous Earth. Sounds like
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| | and a "silica-content" of less than 1.5%
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| dirt or dust, but in actuality it is a
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| | to ensure that it is safe to use on pets
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| fossil (another name for it is "Fossil
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| | or around people or farm animals.
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| Shell Flour"). It's made up of
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| | In fact, Diatomaceous Earth is used in
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| microscopic little shells of diatoms, a
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| | some livestock feed to kill any bugs that
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| one-celled type of algae. These
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| | might eat or ruin the feed before it can
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| fossilized shells have tiny little
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| | be fed to the animals. Diatomaceous
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| points, which puncture an insect's
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| | Earth is so safe, the livestock just eats
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| exoskeleton and dry them up, killing
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| | it with the food! It actually can kill
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| them. In this way, Diatomaceous Earth is
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| | worms or parasites that live inside
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| a mechanical insecticide, not a chemical
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| | animals as well as the pests that bother
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| one. Because of this, insects cannot
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| | them on the outside.
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| become immune or resistant to
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