Diatomaceous Earth will kill any insect with an exoskeleton, like cockroaches, bed bugs, ants, fleas, etc. by compromising their waxy coating and destroying their internal organs through dehydration.
Yet, you can eat diatomaceous earth. In fact, you do all the time in grain based foods because DE is added by companies as a bug killer.
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Silicosis…not to be breathed
Not to be inhaled, direct prolonged contact with the skin eyes nose or throat. I own a pool store I have 1,000’s of bags of D.E. The new alternative is called Aqua pearl and it’s a 100% non toxic
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It’s silicon dioxide. Lot of that around
That stuff is good for so many things!
Buy food grade
Can you use it for wasp and hornets nest..?