I was told the swimming pool DE has also been processed and no longer has the sharp edges you want.
I bought some to use in the garden to control ants. It didn't do anything like the bulk real DE did that my girlfriend bought. Dianne > Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:35:42 -0500 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: CS>Re: silver-digest Digest V2009 #566 > > That is swimming pool grade DE, cheap but not safe for > personal use. > Dangerous to inhale. > > Garnet > > Larry Biggar wrote: > > Hold on! I use DE for a DE filter for my tropical fish. It's white. Its > > from ancient one cell crustations. There for the shells are very tiney. > > So when you fiilter through it, the liquid gets really pure. The tanks > > looks crystal clear! The earth is white and very cheep, So spend your > > money wisely! Larry > > > > > > > > --- On *Tue, 9/22/09, Garnet /<[email protected]>/* wrote: > > > > > > From: Garnet <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: CS>Re: silver-digest Digest V2009 #566 > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Tuesday, September 22, 2009, 8:09 PM > > > > It was white food grade. I don't know the source. > > > > Garnet > > > > Melly Bag wrote: > > > Garnet, > > > Was the diatomaceous earth color brown or white? Do you know > > the source of their DE? Was it farm raised, and come from shells? > > Thanks. > > > Melly > > > > > > --- On *Tue, 9/22/09, Garnet /<[email protected] > > <http://us.mc374.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>>/* > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > From: Garnet <[email protected] > > <http://us.mc374.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>> > > > Subject: Re: CS>Re: silver-digest Digest V2009 #566 > > > To: [email protected] > > <http://us.mc374.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > > Date: Tuesday, September 22, 2009, 2:43 PM > > > > > > I found Food Grade DE at our local organic gardening supplier. > > > > > > It was cheap for a large bag, 25 or 50 lbs, I can't remember but > > > it was only $25. This was two years ago. > > > > > > > > > Garnet > > > > > > Melly Bag wrote: > > > > Zeke, > > > > Where do you order your diatomaceous earth from? Wolf > > Ranch is very expensive compared to Earth Works. However, Earth > > Works get > > > their DE from shells and farm raised which i don't like. I > > wonder if > > > Wolf Ranch has the same product as earth works. Their DE is > > white. > > > I've seen edible DE in farmer's market and it is the color of > > earth > > > - brown. > > > > > > > > --- On *Tue, 9/22/09, [email protected] > > <http://us.mc374.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > > > > <http://us.mc807.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > > /<[email protected] > > <http://us.mc374.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > > > > <http://us.mc807.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>>/* > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > From: [email protected] > > <http://us.mc374.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > > > > <http://us.mc807.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > > > <[email protected] > > <http://us.mc374.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > > > > <http://us.mc807.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>> > > > > Subject: silver-digest Digest V2009 #566 > > > > To: [email protected] > > <http://us.mc374.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > > > > <http://us.mc807.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > > > Date: Tuesday, September 22, 2009, 10:08 AM > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal > > Silver. > > > > > > Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: > > http://silverlist.org <http://silverlist.org/> > > > <http://silverlist.org/> > > > > > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > > <http://us.mc374.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > > > > <http://us.mc807.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > > > > > Address Off-Topic messages to: > > [email protected] > > <http://us.mc374.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > > > > <http://us.mc807.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > > > > > The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... > > > > > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected] > > <http://us.mc374.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > > > > <http://us.mc807.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>> > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ Insert movie times and more without leaving Hotmail®. http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/QuickAdd?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_QuickAdd_062009
