DIATOMACEOUS EARTH

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FOOD

GRADE DIATOMACEOUS EARTH

 

FACTS

& INFORMATION*

*Diatomite

~ Amorphous Silica*

Food

grade diatomaceous earth has many uses. The information below will tell you

some of the differences in grades of diatomaceous earth, along with information

on how to use food grade diatomaceous earth.

Natural

Diatomaceous Earth (DE) is the remains of microscopic one-celled plants

(phytoplankton) called diatoms that lived in the oceans and lakes that once

covered the western part of the US and other parts of the world. These deposits

are mined from underwater beds or from ancient dried lake bottoms.

Diatomaceous

earth is mined, milled, and processed into a myriad of types for a large

variety of uses. Filtering and filler are two main uses but diatomaceous earth

also ends up in paints, cosmetics, drugs, chemical insecticides, etc. Because

the milling produces different sized and shaped particles, it is important not

to use the filtering type for agricultural purposes.

Pool

filter grade diatomaceous earth has been heat and chemically treated and will

poison an animal or human who ingests it, so it is always of utmost importance

to only obtain food grade diatomaceous earth to use in and around your

household.

Diatoms

(DE) are the grass of the oceans and lakes. Just as grass is the staple food of

earth animals. Diatoms (algae) are the food of the ocean or fresh water

grazers. Magnified 7000x, diatomaceous earth looks like spiney honeycombs.

Food

grade diatomaceous earth is EPA approved to be mixed with grains to control

mealworms and other pests and has been exempted from tolerance requirements as

an inert, inactive ingredient in chemical pesticides. Diatomaceous earth is EPA

approved against indoor and outdoor crawling insects. Diatomaceous earth is

USDA approved as an anti-caking agent for animal feed. Diatomaceous earth is

FDA approved for internal and external use and has a rating of Food Chemical

Codex Grade.