Talk:Diatomaceous earth

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Someone might want to put something in here about diatomaceous earth as a pest repellant..

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

It can be spread in persons yard to kill fleas. Very cheap and effective.