You are both correct...If DE is sold at a feed store it is Food Grade, they add it to grain bins to keep the bugs down. we eat some of it not knowing we do, even though it is cleaned with a big blower, some DE & bug parts get to the Flower or Cereal.
Tel Tofflemire Dewey, AZ. --- On Wed, 7/1/09, M. G. Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com> wrote: From: M. G. Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com> Subject: Re: CS>so what kills a tapeworm head pls? To: silver-list@eskimo.com Date: Wednesday, July 1, 2009, 3:36 PM Jean writes: > The food grade DE is the only kind that will work. The pool DE has been > fired and is smooth and won't work. If you look at food grade DE under > an electron microscope, it will look like razor blades. That is correct. The food grade I've seen offered online by some places that sell it for animal feed additives as well as for dusting pets and livestock for fleas, mites, etc. Garden grade and the stuff they sell for swimming pool filters is unlikely to be safe or effective. The garden stuff is usually contaminated with additional pesticides and the pool grade has been treated with heat that destroys the microscopic structure that is essential for it to work. Diatomaceous earth kills insects by literally perforating their outer membranes and causing them to dessicate. I imagine something similar goes on with parasites. Be well, Mike D. [Mike Devour, Citizen, Patriot, Libertarian] [mdev...@eskimo.com ] [Speaking only for myself... ] -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com Address Off-Topic messages to: silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com>
