Talk:Diatomaceous earth
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Someone might want to put something in here about diatomaceous earth as a pest repellant..
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[edit] Needs expansion
This article should say more about the formation of Diatomaceous earth, as well as where it is found, how it is processed, etc. Zocky 11:21, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
And perhaps a note on its abundance? How much of this stuff is there on earth? mdclxvi 09:02, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Coffin-like?
Diatomaceous earth has a high porosity because it is made of microscopically small coffin-like hollow particles. - I suppose I can kind of imagine that...but coffin-like in what way? The shape of the particles? Mithridates 15:03, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
- Well, diatomaceous earth is technically composed of skeletons, which at one point contained dead diatom cytoplasm...maybe it was a pun? -- stillnotelf has a talk page 23:48, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Do people eat it?
When used as a parasiticide in animals and people, do they have to ingest this stuff? I have seen some of this (I believe) in a convenience store in a VERY rural area and was told by the clerk that people just called it "white dirt" and bought it to eat, I couldn't imagine why at the time.72.242.143.24 23:51, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
It can be spread in a persons yard to kill fleas. Very cheap and effective.
- I know that horses have it added to their feed.. AND my roomate and I used it to rid ourselves of bedbugs. VERY effective though it takes a LONG time to clean up and many moppings. (Plus makes you feel rather dry from just being in the environment) 205.233.28.39 20:19, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Are all sources credited?
Much of the material, most noticeably the line about "The most common use (68%) of diatomaceous earth is as a filter medium, especially for swimming pools." also appears at http://www.amigo-business-centre.com/index_bestanden/Page1017.htm
While it is possible that amigo-business-centre.com got the information from this Wikipedia page, amigo's article seems to be much more complete.
Rich Freedman (talk) 18:46, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
"bird shit filter" - diatomaceous earth is the washed remains of millions of diatoms eaten by birds and deposited over the millennium usually at the base of cliffs hence the rather nasty sounding name.
