Diatomaceous Earth Food Grade Products or (DE) has a wide variety of benefits. There are two main types of Diatomaceous Earth, one is a food grade and the other is used for filtration systems in swimming pools. The product we will focus on here is the food grade version that is safe for plants, and animals, but deadly for bugs and insects. Diatomaceous Earth has been around for millions of years, but was only discovered by humans in the early 1800's. At that time they found that it could be used as a fertilizer and later found other uses such as filtration, abrasive, absorbent, pest control, thermal, DNA purification, agriculture, hydroponics, and live stock nutrients.
In this guide we will talk about the benefits of Diatomaceous Earth food grade products and how it can help in general areas of everyday living. Food grade Diatomaceous Earth has been found to be very helpful when dealing with bugs and insects, but it also has properties that that are very beneficial to animals as well. Although it can be harmful for insects, Diatomaceous Earth, if taken internally by animals, can clear their systems from foreign invaders such as worms of all sorts.
Diatomaceous Earth food grade products can be used as:
1.) Natural Flea Killer
2.) Bed Bugs Treatment
3.) Safe in the Garden as a Natural Pesticide
As you read further you will be amazed at the power of this all natural product and may wonder why this product has not been made available to the masses. A brief answer here is that this product actually has been on the market for some time. Diatomaceous Earth has been included in some over the counter pesticides. The products that contain DE that are sold in the form of pesticides are not the food grade product we are talking about here today. Those products can be harmful to animals if not used the correct way.
Another reason is that, many developers had no idea of the benefits of the food grade product until it had been widely used. Once the availability had become overwhelming and more and more people were using it, developers began to look at the health benefits Diatomaceous Earth food grade products provided for animals.
Flea control for animals has in some cases gotten out of hand. With the costs of flea repellents and killers growing higher and higher each year, many people are looking for alternative ways to control this.
Bed bugs are back and the method used for killing them has been discontinued decades ago, due to the harmful effects the chemicals that were used, had one humans. Because of this, people have been looking for effective ways to deal with this issue, which is also becoming wide spread.
Garden insects have always been a problem and in this guide we will discuss alternative ways to rid your plants from these harmful insects without using harmful chemicals, or pesticides that in most cases don't work at all.
