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